The speed loss of purchasing power salary and the largest requests for benefits and better working conditions by employees following a change in behavior after the pandemic is leading to the fact that today 41% of Argentines who have a job are actively looking for another with better conditions.
This trend occurs more in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires. According to a survey carried out by the human resources consultancy Randstad, in that area 48% of workers are actively looking for a new job, while Neuquén, with just 28%, is the province with the lowest rate of employment. intention to change jobs.
In between are Santa Fe (44%), Mendoza (39%) and Córdoba (35%), according to the online survey of more than 3,550 people.
Analyzing the factors that mobilize Argentines to face the active search for change in their professional life, 45% agree that the main reason is improve working conditions.
The other arguments for giving up the current job in search of another are i personal desire for change (18%) and related ambitions career development (17%).
Opening the analysis by province, we see that the neuquines (51%) are the Argentine workers most interested in making a change to improve their working conditions.
At the other extreme, mendoza shows the lowest value of workers interested in improving their working conditions (36%) and the smallest gap between the three main factors indicated as most important by workers to cope with a job change.
Andrea Ávila, CEO of Randstad for Argentina and Uruguay, explains that “globally, the pandemic has left people with a feeling of greater clarity about their personal and work goals. This reconsideration of what people want for his own life, has focused primarily on achievement a better balance between personal and professional life. This means that there is a greater willingness to change, to generate higher turnover levels“.
This situation, adds the directive, “forces organizations to make even greater efforts to attract, retain and engage talent. In this context, the purpose, the personal fulfillment and happiness of collaborators has become a key component of the equation.
“Beyond the wage aspirations that they are always presenttoday people, and especially the younger ones, are inclined to look for a job with a purpose, in line with their values and lifestyle ”, says Ávila.
The Randstad study also investigates the degree of willingness of Argentine workers to a possible transfer for work. In this regard, 73% of those consulted at national level stated that I would work in another city if this meant an improvement in their quality of life.
In the same sense, when asked about the possibility of moving abroad, the majority 73% of respondents nationwide indicated that they would be willing to move abroad for work. And 93% would be 100% willing to work from Argentina abroad remotely.
In line with the above, 79% of the people consulted assured that they would agree to work remotely 100% for an employer from another country for a good salary,
Source: Clarin
