Research digested: 2025 Workmonitor Pulse, Randstad
The 2025 Workmonitor Pulse study from Randstad provides some useful stats on the employee experience. The research includes input from 5,250 workers in Australia, Germany, Italy, Japan, Poland, the UK and US.
Here are some eye-catching data points:
This research talks about trade-offs, which seems like a good way of articulating some of the nuances in what workers want from work.
🔎 For example, given the choice of boosting their employability and working remotely, 67% would opt for boosting their employability.
🔎 52% would rather have skills development and training opportunities than the ability to work remotely.
🔎 60% of workers would choose a less stressful role at work over a higher salary, and 40% have already made that choice.
🔎 43% of respondents say they have accepted a role with fewer opportunities for advancement in exchange for better worklife balance.
🔎 56% of workers say that control over hours is more important than control over location.
🔎 When asked about retention, workers want inflation-matching pay rises (74%), receiving manager support for career development (68%) and shared organisational values (67%).
Take-aways
Aside from pay, this report shows that wellbeing, skills and development opportunities, manager support, workplace culture/values and worker autonomy are what workers want from work.
For learning, this shows the importance of being able to support workers in improving how work is done, skills development and developing manager capability. These are all areas that will be familiar to learning teams – and at a time of uncertainty and change they will continue to matter more and more to employees.
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Report reading time: 10 minutes
Media: PDF
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