UK employees are increasingly thinking about leaving their jobs over the course of the next 18 months, according to new research from MetLife, with 54% indicating they were considering leaving their current employment, and 59% admitting they would start looking for a new job if their work values were not accommodated by their existing employer.
The results of the survey comes amid a growing trend that employee values and priorities, both personally and professionally, have shifted over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic. "A chance to reflect and step back, 2021 has given employees the opportunity to make moves if they feel their needs are not being met. While a certain amount of change after such a lifechanging year is inevitable employers can't afford their best talent to walk away, especially in cases where they could have done something to stop it," said Adrian Matthews, EB director at MetLife UK. "For years businesses h...
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