Over the past year, 49% of Poles were considering changing their employer, and the salary of 21% of respondents was reduced due to the pandemic, according to the ADP study "People at Work 2021: A Global Workforce View". Compared to Europe, Polish workers are strong supporters of change (Poland: 49% vs the European average: 44%). Women (54%) think about a new job more often than men (50%) and generation Z employees (60%). According to the ADP report, Poles are not attached to their place of employment. Every fourth respondent (26%) admits that they intend to stay in the current company in the next 2-5 years, it was reported. "Despite the pandemic, we are still dealing with the employee market in Poland. Record-low unemployment means that jobseekers choose companies where they have a better chance for development and a higher salary. attachment to the current place of employment Interestingly, according to data from Deloitte, young people more and more often want to develop their careers, but not at the expense of family or friendship. competence development and the balance between career and private life," said Anna Barbachowska, HR Business Partner at ADP Polska. One of the most common challenges workers faced during the pandemic was the reduction in wages (21%). 13% of them admit that the employer reduced the number of working hours provided or reduced their scope of duties. The situation is similar among household members of respondents, where 15% share the opinion that the pandemic had an impact on lowering their wages, the company ADP Polska indicated. The change in the financial situation caused growing concerns related to the deterioration of life status. Almost half of the surveyed Poles in the ADP survey admitted that as a result of the pandemic, they changed or planned to change their living conditions. Most often, the problem concerned young employees (52%) and people working in Warsaw (66%). The leaders in Europe in this respect are Italians, who in almost half of the cases (46%) decided to make significant changes. "Fearing employment and keeping life at the current level, employees often decided to take measures to improve their financial situation. A popular method of reducing monthly costs was to move to a place that allows renting an apartment at a much lower price. Working remotely allowed employees to implement tasks from anywhere in Poland. As a result, many Poles decided to return to their homeland, which additionally had a much lower rate of coronavirus cases than in large agglomerations," added Barbachowska. Source: ADP Polska and ISBnews