Job satisfaction at low point for many Australians

15 January 2010

The Australian jobs and employment industry may have just survived one of the toughest periods in history with massive jobs losses and cutbacks. Yet as the economy begins to improve many workers are starting to feel less than enthusiastic with their current employment, with conditions and wages being the main issues of contention according to latest research.

In fact, over three quarters of Australians are apparently considering a change in jobs or even career if their current employment conditions do not improve as shown in a survey conducted by education provider Martin College. What's more, 9 per cent of those interviewed say that they actually hate their current job.

However, for employers it is not all gloom with 22 per cent of respondents stating that they are happy with their employment.

When it came to a state breakdown, it seems that Queensland employees are more satisfied while Sydney and Melbourne workers are at the same level of unhappiness when thinking about their careers.

So is the usual job dissatisfaction or is there more to it? Recruitment director Andrew Brushfield for Robert Half Queensland told News Ltd that the recovering economy will now prompt a lot of employees to want to be rewarding by their employers for helping them through while new candidates and a rise in jobs ads are enticing new employment opportunities.

"Many companies would not have given salary increases in the past two years," Brushfield told News Ltd.

"And, for that time, people's attitude has been `thank God I've got a job'. They haven't worried about pay rises and haven't asked their boss for any.

"But things are improving in the economy and if employers don't offer salary increases in the early part of the year, candidates will start looking around for alternatives."

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