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Over 70% of white-collar workers in Shenzhen consider job-hopping

More than 70 percent of white-collar workers in Shenzhen are unsatisfied with their salaries, which has become their major reason for switching jobs, according to a report released by recruitment platform zhaopin.com Wednesday, the Southern Metropolis Daily reported.

The report mainly studied job-hopping and career development trends among Shenzhen’s white-collar workers in the fall, and shows an obvious decline in confidence in their careers in the second half of 2018.

According to the survey, 13.1 percent of white-collar workers in Shenzhen had already prepared to leave their current company or settle into a new company.

Meanwhile, 46.2 percent of them had updated their resumes and were looking for a job and 27.9 percent of white-collar workers had a wait-and-see attitude and were hesitant to change jobs.

In the fall of 2018, 70.7 percent of white-collar workers in Shenzhen said they were dissatisfied with their salaries. Uncertainty about the development prospects of their companies and dissatisfaction with the limited opportunities for promotion were concerns held by 49.3 percent and 44.5 percent of the group, respectively.

The report also shows that 55.5 percent of the group lacked a sense of security, ranking Shenzhen fifth out of 37 cities in the country. Additionally, 69.5 percent of them felt confused about their development prospects.

High daily expenses and housing prices, including the large pressure from mortgages and rent, were also sources of stress for 53.3 percent and 41.9 percent of the group, respectively.

Furthermore, the study shows that more than half of white-collar workers in Shenzhen were reluctant to have a second child, ranking 24th out of 37 cities. Only 9.4 percent of them clearly indicated that they would give birth to a second child.

The high cost involved in raising a child is the main reason why the group was unwilling to have a second child.

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