According to jobsDB Happy is a better job online survey, 62% of Hong Kong employees are not happy at work with 86% saying that changing jobs was a wise decision. It is a drastic contrast with Hong Kong’s major Asia competitor, Singapore, where 51% of people said they were happy at work—making it the happiest place to work out of the four APAC countries surveyed.
Salary, benefits and incentives came up as the number one reason why Hong Kongers are unhappy—accounting for 49% of those surveyed and also topped the list of reasons why employees quit their jobs in the territory. It was followed closely by working environment, culture and reputation, 46% of whom said this was a factor that made them unhappy and 45% agreed their relationship with colleagues and/or their boss caused unhappiness.
Where Hong Kong people and Singaporeans agree is that, rather than salaries and benefits, their relationship with colleagues and/or their boss in fact comes out on top of reasons that make them happy—albeit it 63% agreed with the statement in Hong Kong as opposed to 50% in Singapore.
Commenting on the results of the survey, Justin Yiu, General Manager, jobsDB Hong Kong said, “Salary and working atmosphere, which include human relations and working environment, are the two major factors that make employees happier at work.”
Paul Arkwright
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