According to ManpowerGroup, the Workers satisfaction report is based on a survey of 13,700 workers in 19 countries.
According to the report, although 82% of workers find meaning in their work, nearly half (49%) still experience daily stress. Gen Z and middle-level management are the two most stressed groups (56% and 82%).
Notably, the feeling of harmony with the values of the enterprise by frontline employees is recorded at the lowest level, further increasing the work pressure for these workers.
All of these figures explain more clearly why confident workers want to quit. Because meaningful work is not enough to compensate for exhaustion, especially when there is a lack of development and support opportunities.
Second is the "stuck" mid-level management. According to the survey, 34% of mid-level managers are worried about job losses within the next 6 months due to restructuring trends or the impact of AI. 77% see economic instability, restructuring and AI as their biggest concerns in their careers.
On the other hand, more and more workers trust the leadership level (an increase of 4 points compared to 2024), unintentionally creating more burden for managers who have to support employee development while they themselves are feeling unstable.
Another challenge that must be mentioned is that professional development is a "measure" of trust. Data shows a close link between the level of investment in career development and the ability to retain human resources.
Employees with many opportunities to develop their careers, or have a clear promotion roadmap, demonstrate confidence and a higher level of job satisfaction than last year.
However, the quality of training programs, especially in AI skills, is still a weakness of many businesses. While about a third of employers realized that AI cannot replace human skills such as ethical assessment (33%), customer service (31%) and team management (30%), many organizations still struggled to provide the AI skills training program that workers today look forward to.
ManpowerGroup's 'Workers' satisfaction' study measures the level of occupational confidence, work satisfaction and overall happiness of workers globally.
The responses were collected from 13,771 workers in 19 countries from March 14 to April 11, 2025, including: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and the United States.
