In Switzerland, employees consider well-being at work to be at least as important as professional ambitions. This was revealed by a survey conducted by the personnel service provider Randstad.
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Suíços priorizam saúde mental em relação ao salário
Specifically, 91% of respondents cited maintaining mental health in a current and future job as important. Only in second place (89%) was salary mentioned, closely followed by work-life balance and job security (88% each).
Over half of those surveyed (58%) said they would turn down a job if it worsened their work-life balance. In addition, more people in this country would give up their current job because of a reduced quality of life (50%) than because of a lack of career opportunities (29%).
Job satisfaction is generally very important in Switzerland: 57% of those surveyed stated that they would want to stay in a role they valued, even if it did not offer any career development opportunities. Internationally, only 51% of respondents agreed with this.
Randstad’s Labour Barometer covers 34 markets in Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. At least 500 people were surveyed per market.
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