Workers Switching Jobs Find the Grass Isn’t Always Greener Elsewhere
- Job switchers reported lower satisfaction than those who stay
- Recent hires ‘feel stuck,’ Conference Board researcher says
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Switching jobs typically makes workers happier. Now, it’s more likely to leave them more miserable than before.
People who left a job for a new one reported being less satisfied at work than those who stayed put, according to a survey from the Conference Board, a sharp reversal from their sentiments just a year earlier. In 2022, those who switched jobs scored higher on all 26 separate components of job satisfaction, from wages to work-life balance and culture. But in the most recent tally, those who quit said they were less pleased than those who remained on the majority of those elements, particularly job security, interest in work and their colleagues.