A survey conducted in mainland China in March of 2022 revealed that around 86 percent of surveyed employees were likely to ask for a salary raise within the next 12 months. Similarly, around 85 percent of respondents said it was likely they would ask for a promotion soon. In contrast, people were quite unlikely to switch employers or leave the workforce in the next one year.
Actions likely to be taken at work by employees in China in the next one year as of March 2022
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*"Ask for promotion" was not asked to those respondents who selected CEO as their job role.
Survey question:
How likely are you to take the following actions with your employer within the next 12 months?
Among a total of 3,129 survey respondents, 54 percent were male, 41 percent were female, 5 percent were others;
7 percent were between 18 and 25 years, 46 percent were between 25 and 41 years, 35 percent were between 42 and 57 years, and 11 percent were between 58 and 76 years;
79 percent of respondents did professional/administrative work, 15 percent did skilled manual work, and 6 percent did semi-skilled or unskilled manual work;
97 percent worked full time.
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