Swiss people prioritize mental health over salary
Published: Wednesday, Jan 17th 2024, 14:30
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In Switzerland, employees consider well-being at work to be at least as important as professional ambitions. This is shown by a survey conducted by the personnel service provider Randstad.
Specifically, 91% of respondents cited maintaining mental health in a current and future job as important. Only in second place (89%) was salary mentioned, closely followed by work-life balance and job security (88% each).
Over half of those surveyed (58%) said they would turn down a job if it worsened their work-life balance. In addition, more people in this country would give up their current job because of a reduced quality of life (50%) than because of a lack of career opportunities (29%).
Job satisfaction is generally very important in Switzerland: 57% of those surveyed stated that they wanted to stay in a role they valued, even if it did not offer any career development options. Internationally, only 51 percent of respondents agreed with this.
Randstad's labor barometer covers 34 markets in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region and the Americas. At least 500 people were surveyed per market.
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