Labor mobility: 46 percent of employees are open to changing their place of residence

By: Trademagazin Date: 2023. 12. 19. 11:14

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According to this year’s Mobility Index of Trenkwalder, 46 percent of employees are willing to move from their current place of residence: almost the same proportion are considering foreign and domestic destinations. Employees are moderately satisfied with their current situation: the value of the Satisfaction Index, which shows their working and living conditions, was 5.4 on a national average on a scale of 1-10, which is 0.7 points compared to last year’s 6.1, while the 2021 Compared to 6.4, it shows a one-point decrease.

For the third time this year, Trenkwalder has carried out its research on the topic of labor mobility, which is regarded as filling a gap in the domestic market, during which the answers of around 5,300 employees in the competitive market were evaluated using a representative sample. The responses revealed that the mobility skills of the workforce are still significant: 46 percent are ready to leave their current residence under the right conditions, which is a drop compared to last year’s 53 percent, but is 11 percentage points higher than the 35 percent two years ago. The largest proportion of people living in the south-western counties would move, with Baranya (61%) and Somogy counties (60%) showing outliers. It is a change compared to last year that the following counties are not located in North-East Hungary, but in the Central Great Plain: the Mobility Index value is both 55% in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok and Csongrád-Csanád counties.