The study was conducted among 267 respondents, employees and freelancers in IT&C, engineering, marketing, as well as in the IT departments in such sectors as: BPO/SSC, Accounting / Financial / Audit, Manufacturing, Production, Retail, Entertainment, Banking, Services, Telecom.
The main trend noticed after the centralization of the answers obtained refers to the reluctance of candidates to change their job taking into account the salary level in the market (28% of the respondents), as well as the counteroffer from the current workplace (23%), but the decision can be decisively influenced – according to 46% of the respondents – by a pay rise of over 20% offered by a new professional opportunity.
The general perception of the IT employees who participated in this study is related to the lack of visibility regarding the plans of the company they work with, to the overall picture of the organization’s activity. Thus, 35% of respondents do not know if IT personnel restructuring is announced in the company this year, and 51% believe, from personal experience, that the organization has plans to increase the number of IT employees in 2023.
A topic on which the majority of the respondents agreed is the most attractive benefit at the workplace of view: the possibility of a flexible work schedule (39%), but this does not necessarily mean the possibility of working remotely.
Conversely, when considering benefits at the current workplace, 39% said they preferred flexible working hours (39%) as compared to other options such as learning and development programs, holiday vouchers, company stock investment plans or activities for well-being.