Money is, and always will be, a prime motivating career factor, but as a new survey reports IT professionals also want professional development opportunities and greater appreciation from their managers. Those are three of the top four reasons a whopping 75 percent of tech staffers are actively looking for a new job. The fourth is job boredom.
Kevin Young, general manager of SkillSoft EMEA, which commissioned the job survey, says investing in training and development could go a long way toward addressing poor job satisfaction and improving productivity as well as making employees feel more valued and appreciated.
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"Our survey shows that some job hopping reasons such as "the company isn't investing in me by providing proper training" received the same score from IT managers as "I don't earn enough money" responses.," notes Young. For those working in non-managerial IT roles, 16 per cent claimed the former as one of their reasons for unhappiness at work. Young adds that anecdotal evidence from his company's customers also suggests that IT professionals want the opportunity to keep skills fresh.
Just over 300 It professionals were polled in the survey, and of the total sample, 21 per cent were managers and 79 per cent are in a non-managerial role.
The survey states that 30 per cent of IT managers and 20 per cent of non-managerial IT professionals are comfortable doing their current job but would rather be working for another company. Only 10 per cent of IT managers and 16 per cent of non-managerial IT professionals want to be working in another role within the same organization.
Money is most important to those in non-managerial roles, says Young. However, the picture changes with IT managers, who cite a variety of reasons—and not earning enough scored the same as job boredom, being unappreciated and not getting proper training.
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