Employees can't get no satisfaction
Published July 31, 2013 1:02 PM
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Updated July 31, 2013 2:19 PM
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Satisfaction beats salary
Almost one-quarter of workers (23%) would take a pay cut of 25% or more in order to take a job that better allowed them to apply their personal interests to the workplace. Seven percent, meanwhile, were willing to take a 50% pay cut.
That's a life-changing number but it's something people were willing to give up to have a career opportunity that was really consistent with their passions and goals," says Russell Schramm, Philips' head of talent acquisition for the Americas.
Meaningful work
Forty-eight percent of workers who are able to leverage personal interests in the workplace say they are very satisfied, according to the survey.
"In talent acquisition, we talk a lot about what makes a person accept a position or leave a position and we're seeing, more and more, that meaningful work and work that is relevant to them and their personal passions is becoming more prominent," says Schramm.
Career path regrets
Forty-one percent of those who don't merge personal interests with their work regret their career path, whereas only 23% of workers who are able to do so regret theirs. More than half (51%) of those surveyed have never changed career paths to integrate their work and personal life in a more meaningful way.
Failing grade
When asked to grade themselves on their progress in achieving major career goals, only 17% of workers gave themselves an A.
Younger workers
Forty-two percent of 18-24-year-olds find meaningful work to be an important factor in their current job.
