Kiwis' jobs about more than pay

Teuila Fuatai@NZHerald

Thursday 5th June 2014

Kiwi workers would jump ship for a 6 per cent pay rise, a new international employment survey indicates.

The survey, by research company CEB, questioned about 18,000 people from 28 different countries on job satisfaction. It found New Zealand workers would need a pay rise of just 6.3 per cent more than they were earning to move jobs.

Australian and British workers were even easier to buy, with a pay increase of only 5.1 per cent and 5.3 per cent respectively deemed adequate for a job switch.

Brad Adams, CEB's head of human resources research in Asia Pacific, said the survey showed Kiwi workers valued more than just their pay packet in the workplace.

"One of the really interesting differences in the New Zealand market relative to many others around the world is the importance of work-life balance.

"Obviously you have to pay employees a fair wage, and make them feel like they're not being disrespected by the level of pay that they're achieving ...

but it's a much broader set of things they're looking for in an employer."

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