Fear of workers losing their jobs reaches its highest level since 2013 | National

A study conducted in the fourth quarter of last year revealed that fear of workers losing their jobs had reached its highest level since 2013.

According to the latest Workmonitor Edition performed by the RR consultant. HH Randstad, 8.9% of workers in the country indicated that he feared "a lot" of losing his job in 6 months, 3.7 percentage points more than the previous quarter and 2 percentage points ago more than a year ago, which represents one of the best odds since the study.

Chile thus occupies the place number 9 out of 34 countries in which the clbadification is made. Global professional, with the greatest fear that their employer will complete his contract in the next semester, losing 16 positions compared to the previous quarter and exceeding the international average of 7.8%.

In this respect, the first place is occupied by India with 19.2%; second, Malaysia with 12.8%; and third place is Turkey, with 12.1%; while the least fearful workers are in Luxembourg and Japan, with 3.5% in both cases; in Hungary, with 4.7%; and in Romania, with 4.9%.

In this regard, Natalia Zúñiga Randstad's director of marketing and communications, states that "these results surprise us because they were expected to rise." In the fear of a loss of Employment due to some deceleration of the labor market, rising unemployment as real wage growth will continue at a moderate pace, we did not expect to reach this peak. "

" The current scenario is comparable only in the last periods of 2010 and 2013, when the country reached 10% in this indicator, a scenario we have already considered from a distance because of the progress and developments that Chile has made in terms of labor and implementing new human resource trends that aim to improve the quality of life and the worker's experience, "he added.

Job Satisfaction

At the same time, the survey indicates that the satisfaction of Chileans vis-à-vis their current employer increased by 1 percentage point over the same period in 2017 to reach 74% . satisfied or very satisfied with their job compared to 73% 12 months ago.

This represents the highest figure obtained in this respect since the survey conducted in 2010. Thus, Chile is currently ranked 12th in the world rankings among 34 countries, representing increase of 3 sites in one year and 2 posts compared to the previous quarter, while the country had 72% of employees very taste with your current work.