A recent survey showed that 94 percent of respondents want new employers in the Year of the Rabbit, a 14-year high.
The Lunar New Year is approaching and many people want to change jobs. According to a survey conducted by a job bank, 94.2 percent of survey respondents want new employers in the Year of the Rabbit, the highest in 14 years. The top five reasons for wanting to change jobs include dissatisfaction with salary, feeling there are no prospects for development at the current company, no opportunities for promotion, no room to perform, and poor company benefits. More than 60 percent of respondents were dissatisfied with their salaries. Wages can't keep up with prices, which puts a lot of pressure on office workers.
Big Mike, Job Seeker: “Maybe it's because I haven't come back to Taiwan for two or three years. But I discovered that the cost of living has increased. For example, it costs NT$15 to add an egg to my meal.”
The Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics announced on the 11th, that the recurring monthly salary from January to November last year reached NT$44,371, a 22-year high. However, after deducting the increase in prices, recurring wages decreased by 0.11 percent.
Yang Tsung-pin, Owner, Job Bank Company: “Internal dining was prohibited the year before due to the local outbreak of COVID-19. Therefore, workers in these types of industries saw their salaries reduced. Last year, due to the relatively serious situation of inflation, even if a company raises wages, it was still eroded by rising prices.”
The survey also found that the average gap between workers' expected salaries and the salaries offered by companies reached 14.6 percent. Job bank experts believe that workers are more likely to rely on job hopping if they want a salary increase.
年關將近，很多人想換工作。根據人力銀行業者調查，有高達94.2%的上班族想在年後換工作，比例創下14年新高。想換工作的原因前5名包括不滿意薪水、覺得現在的公司發展沒前景、沒有升遷機會、工作沒有發揮空間以及公司福利不好，不滿意薪水的比例更超過6成。薪資追不上物價，讓上班族壓力很大。
求職者大麥克指出：「可能我2、3年沒回來台灣，發現生活的費用變高，比如說買顆荷包蛋、加顆蛋要15塊。」
11日主計總處公布去（2022）年1到11月經常性薪資，來到4萬4371元，創22年新高，但扣掉物價上漲之後，其實比2021年衰退0.11%。
人力銀行業者楊宗斌表示：「前年畢竟是本土疫情爆發、禁止內用，所以這種內需型的產業從業人員，他們的薪資是減少的，去年畢竟是遭遇通膨比較嚴重的情況，所以即使企業有加薪，也通通被物價侵蝕掉。」
薪水要追上物價並不容易，人力銀行業者調查發現，勞工的期待薪資和企業開出的薪資，平均差距達到14.6%，人力銀行業者認為，想要加薪還是需要依賴跳槽比較有機會。
