Cash-strapped and stressed, Irish workers are increasing their pay demands

Bosses should be concerned about employee burnout with almost a quarter ‘overworked’, says PwC

Laoise Mullane, director at PwC Ireland: Employees in the Republic express dissatisfaction with their current workplace culture and their manager’s abilities.Irish workers feel more overworked than their global peers while almost a quarter cannot pay their bills or are struggling to do so, according to a PwC study.

In response to the Big Four firm’s annual workplace hopes and fears survey, some 23 per cent of more than 1,000 Irish respondents said they were struggling financially, up from 11 per cent last year and above the global average of 18 per cent. Only 36 per cent of respondents said they are fairly financially rewarded for their work, compared with 42 per cent globally.

At the same time, workers in the Republic were marginally more likely to report feeling overworked compared with their global peers . Less than half said they find their job fulfilling, also below the global average . Combined, these factors are driving up pay demands, according to PwC. Almost two-fifths of employees here said they were planning to ask for a pay rise, up from 32 per cent in 2022.

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