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STRESSED, DEPRESSED
AND IN NEED OF A REST
UK workers quit their jobs to beat the winter blues. The UK
job market again looks set to see a flurry of resignation
letters in the new year, according to the latest research
from meaningful travel specialist i-to-i.
Results of the company’s annual career breakers survey
show that, even more so than last year, the nation’s
workers are set to ‘auld lang resign’ in January,
swapping their current posts for new jobs, further study or
a spot of foreign travel.
According to i-to-i’s research, more than four in 10
(42 per cent) employees are ready to head for pastures new
in 2005, a five per cent rise on last year’s figures.
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Topping the poll of potential quitters are
office staff, beating last year’s most likely candidates
– financial workers – by a nose. Nearly half, a
whacking 48 percent of all office workers, say they are considering
leaving their jobs in the next few months. The top five list
of would-be resigners past and present is as follows:
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Most likely
quitters 2005
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1. Office
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2. Financial
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3. Shop assistants
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4. Health
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5. IT workers
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Most likely
quitters 2004
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1. Financial
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2. Office
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3. Shop assistants
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4. Teachers
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5. Health
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Again, the happiest chaps proved to be
those who work in the great outdoors, 90 per cent of
whom saying they are satisfied with their jobs, a slight
rise on last year’s figure (88 per cent).
Vexed in the Town
The i-to-i research also revealed a startling number
of anxious employees feeling overworked and underpaid:
- Nearly half (42%) say their workplace
is often a pressurised environment.
- A very similar proportion (41%)
feel they are not always rewarded for their hard work.
- One in six (16 %) say they don’t
use all their annual leave because they are so busy.
- One in eight (12%) feel guilty when
taking a holiday and don’t like asking for time
off.
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New Year, New
Horizon's, Maybe in 2005 - Come Alive!
Backing i-to-i’s ‘new year, new horizons’
theory, was the fact that travel came high up on the
list of people’s resolutions for 2005. In fact,
travel was beaten only by the predictable pledge to
get healthy. According to the research, this year Brits
will resolving to:
1) Adopt a healthier lifestyle
2) Travel / book a foreign holiday
3) Change their career
4) Take a course / study
5) Ditch a current partner / find a new partner
6) Go to live / work in another country
7) Volunteer / support a charity
8) Take up a new hobby
9) Make a major purchase
10) Move house
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