Luxembourg workers are among the most stressed in Europe and are most likely to be actively seeking to change jobs, according to a worldwide survey of employees.
The study, published by consulting and research company Gallup on Wednesday, examines the state of the world’s workforce in 2024.
Luxembourg employees are among the most dissatisfied and disengaged in Europe, the poll shows.
Just 8% of Luxembourg workers surveyed said they felt “engaged” in their current role, the second-lowest total of 38 European countries, and only higher than France.
Almost half of employees in the Grand Duchy – 47% – said they had felt stress on a regular basis the previous day, the fifth-highest level in Europe.
More than one in three workers in Luxembourg – 38% of those polled – said they were watching out for a new role or were actively seeking to change jobs, a share surpassed in only five other countries.
The desire to switch to a new post echoes similar findings in a survey by online recruitment platform Jobs.lu earlier this year, in which 46% of respondents said they were considering changing jobs or careers in 2024.
Close to half of workers in Luxembourg ready to change job or career
A survey released in January showed that more than half of Luxembourg workers would turn down an offer if they believed it would harm their work/life balance. A similar percentage said they would stay in a role they love even if it did not offer career progress or advancement.
However, much higher levels of job satisfaction were recorded in a study carried out by national statistics agency Statec in April, when 86% said they were happy with their job and seven out of ten stated they were content with their pay packet.
Salaries, quality of life pull employees to Luxembourg
In the Gallup poll published on Wednesday, the country did fare better on some indicators, with 60% stating they believed it was a good time to seek another post, in a vote of confidence for the economy.
53% of employees described themselves as “thriving” in terms of life satisfaction, putting the country in the top third of European nations on that marker.
Gallup said that it typically surveys 1,000 people in each country using “a standard set of core questions translated into the respective country’s major languages”.