The survey found 54 per cent of millennials (late teens to early 30s) experience technology-related stress. Photo / AP
The survey found 54 per cent of millennials (late teens to early 30s) experience technology-related stress. Photo / AP
About half of Australia's workers will probably be looking for a new job in the next year because they're disengaged.
A survey of 1000 full and part-time employees, as well as the self-employed, examined job satisfaction, technology, productivity and general health. The Snapshot of Australian Workplaces, commissioned by global think-tankReventure Ltd, found that disengagement was driving 49 per cent of those surveyed to eye off a new job.
The top reasons: employees were unhappy with leadership, didn't feel like their job was meaningful or it didn't utilise their strengths.
Conversely, job security, flexible arrangements, a sense of purpose and competitive pay and benefits made people more likely to stay.
Women tended to be more concerned with these than men.
• 57 per cent full-timers • 33 per cent part-timers • 10 per cent self-employed
WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT THEIR JOBS:
• 72 per cent look for purpose and meaning through work • 71 per cent believe their boss has vision and direction • 49 per cent will likely look for new job within the year • 44 per are extremely or very satisfied at work • 35 per cent say poor leadership is most stressful workplace issue
HOW PRODUCTIVE ARE THEY?
• 50 per cent have experienced at least one serious incident or conflict in the past six months • 43 per cent usually work at peak productivity
• 54 per cent of millennials (late teens to early 30s) experience technology-related stress • At least 40 per cent rely on technology for more than three-quarters of their job • 65 per cent say new technologies shape how their work is defined and completed • 29 per cent experience high stress often or sometimes
