One in five workers plan to quit their job

A fifth of UK workers expect to leave their current job in the next 12 months reveals PwC’s Global Workforce Hopes and Fears survey

The global survey, which featured more than 2,086 respondents from the UK, found that 18% of workers said they ‘are very or extremely likely’ to switch jobs within the next year with a further 32% stating that they are ‘moderately or slightly likely’ to.

The study surveyed 52,195 workers across 44 countries and found that millennial and Gen Z workers are leading the ‘great resignation’ with 27% of 18 to 25-year-olds planning to leave and 23% of 26 to 41-year-olds compared to 15% of Gen X and only 9% of baby boomers.

PwC stated that pay was the biggest motivator for a job change with 71% citing finance as their main factor when considering moving jobs the report also found that 35% of the global respondents and 27% of UK workers were planning to ask their employers for more money in the next 12 months.

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