Is Worker Confidence Making a Comeback?
It depends on where you look. Robert Half’s Confidence Matters survey shows how worker confidence levels have changed — or remained steady — since 2015.
Percentage of workers who are:
Confident about their job prospects
| 63% 2017 |
| 50% 2016 |
| 65% 2015 |
Confident about the stability of their employer
| 79% 2017 |
| 80% 2016 |
| 80% 2015 |
Thinking they deserve a raise
| 90% 2017 |
| 87% 2016 |
| 89% 2015 |
Planning to ask for a raise this year
| 44% 2017 |
| 37% 2016 |
| 54% 2015 |
Money talks … but fewer people want to talk about money now versus 2015.
Workers who say they feel confident in the following situations
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Performance review | 83% | 81% | 83% |
| Job interview | 73% | 67% | 70% |
| Public speaking | 66% | 56% | 57% |
| Negotiating salary at new job | 61% | 50% | 54% |
| Asking for a raise | 56% | 46% | 49% |
32 percent of workers have never checked their salary against the “going rate” for jobs like theirs – compared to 41 percent in 2016.
Of those who plan to ask for a raise, 24 percent say they need to make more money to cover basic needs – up 2 percent since 2016.
36 percent of workers would rather clean the house than ask for a raise. 14 percent would rather look for a new job – up 4 points from 2016.
What if you asked for a raise and didn’t get it? 23 percent would look for a new job – up 4 percent from 2016.
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Survey of more than 1,000 U.S. adults working full-time in professional environments.
© 2017 Robert Half International Inc. An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veterans.
