Nearly one third of Irish workers would move abroad for their dream job
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- 02 May 2023
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Half of Ireland’s workers have fallen out of love with their current job, according to a recent survey.
A survey of more than 1,000 adults across the country and found that 32pc of respondents would move abroad for their dream job.
Of those who no longer like their job, one third said that they are not being paid enough and one quarter admitted that they don’t like the company they are working for.
A further 27pc cited working in a toxic environment, and more than one in ten want to work for a company that has implemented a four-day working week, the survey by a recruitment firm found.
The majority of respondents said that they had a dream job in mind when growing up. Of those, 38pc said that they were now in that dream job, while 22pc are working on it.
Matrix Recruitment consultant Catherine Keating said 82pc of workers in Ireland believe there is such a thing as a dream job.
Ms Keating added that a “comfortable salary” is high on the priority list for many as the cost-of-living crisis continues.
“It’s interesting to see how recent attitudes have changed when it comes to what is important to workers,” she said.
“Over the past two years, a job that helped others was ranked highly, but fewer survey respondents cited this as an important attribute in our most recent findings. Read More…
