I Hate My Job, Give Me More Money, Indonesian Millennials Say
Jakarta. More than a third of Indonesians born in early to mid-90s claim they are unhappy with their job — especially with their low salary, the local arm of international job portal Jobstreet.com revealed in a survey released on Thursday (21/07).
The survey, conducted in June-July this year, randomly sampled 27,000 respondents between the age of 22 and 26 — commonly called the millennials — with one to four years of working experience.
The young workers' main sources of dissatisfaction with their job are a lack of working incentives, a limited career opportunity and old-fashioned management and leadership. Jobstreet did not break down the data into percentages.
6,000 respondents said their jobs do not provide them with enough challenges, with many of them saying they are willing to resign and look for potential opportunities elsewhere.
Meanwhile, 6,200 respondents said the incentives they have been receiving so far — including bonuses, health insurance, transport and communication subsidies — are not enough to make them stay at their current employment.
5,500 respondents said employers do not trust them with their work, which made them feel unimportant and unappreciated.
Employers should offer better salary to keep their services, the millennials said, with 5,500 respondents saying a higher salary would make them feel more rewarded and keep them motivated.
Indonesia has 120.7 million people of working age as of February this year — with 7 million of them unemployed, data from Central Statistics Agency BPS show.
Tags: Keywords: