07/19/2021

Millennials are Worried About Job Security

However, many would still quit over a clash of values

Would you quit your job if you discovered that you and your boss didn’t see eye to eye on social issues? If so, count yourself among a growing cohort of workers who believe their employers’ values should match their own, according to a new survey of employees in the United States and Australia.

The research, commissioned by software firm Atlassian Corporation and carried out by PwC Australia, reveals that 80 percent of U.S. workers say companies should be taking action to address society's problems—that’s up 6 percentage points from the same survey last year—and more employees than ever would rather look elsewhere than work at a firm of which they're not proud.

The findings come from Atlassian's second annual Return On Action Report, which was released on Monday. They show that younger employees, millennials in particular, are more likely believe that a company’s values should align with their own. Even as 51 percent of Millennial employees surveyed said they were worried about future employment prospects, 60 percent of those who expressed such concerns still indicated that they would leave a job over a clash of values.

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