Are French employees satisfied with their pay? Not really, according to a HelloWork survey of 847,000 respondents. Only 16% of them believe that they are well paid, while 34% are in the average and half state that they are below market prices.
If almost one in two employees was able to negotiate their salary during their hiring, 51% of them regret having done so badly. To rectify the situation, they now rely on mandatory annual negotiations but also on individual applications, especially during their end-of-year interview. In this case, 46% of employees requesting an upgrade are asking for a range of increases, while 22% are asking for a percentage increase and 32% are waiting for a proposal.
A third of the candidates finish the selection process if the salary is not adequate
When hiring, 93% of recruiters say they raise the issue of compensation first. By comparison, only 28% of the candidates affirmed that they raised the issue in front of their interlocutor. If the candidate rejects the offer made, 8 out of 10 recruiters say they are ready to enter into negotiations. A quarter even say that they do it directly from the interview, when 55% expect the following exchanges. On the contrary, 62% of the candidates do not hesitate to request offers even if the salary initially offered is lower than their expectations, even if that means negotiating from the interview.
On the other hand, a third of the candidates (34%) end the selection process when the salary negotiation does not prosper. A much higher figure than the last survey carried out in 2016 (15%) and which undoubtedly illustrates the hiring tensions that exist today in certain sectors of activity, with greater bargaining power for candidates who do not hesitate to attend. to the opposition. when an offer is not adequate. On the contrary, 45% accept the offer with the hope of being able to renegotiate later and 17% simply accept the salary that is offered.
However, salary is not the only criteria that counts for employees. In fact, a large majority of candidates (86%) say they are willing to accept a salary below their expectations in exchange for other benefits such as a profit-sharing bonus (mentioned by 82% of respondents), vouchers food (65%), an advantageous mutual (58%), a large number of holidays and RTT (61%), the 4-day week (52%) as well as teleworking (44%).
With inflation, they demand further increases in 2023
For the year 2023, two thirds of employees intend to claim a raise that they try to justify by highlighting their successes during the last year (75%) and of course the context of inflation that is undermining their purchasing power (53%). And they expect to get an increase higher than previous years, while only 28% will settle for an increase of a magnitude equivalent to previous levels.
More specifically, half of the employees intend to ask for a raise of more than 6%. For their part, companies say they are certainly willing to accept collective (39%) or individual (49%) increases, but the expected average increase is capped at 3%. A gap that could lead to conflict situations, despite the fact that almost nine out of 10 employees (88%) say they plan to look for another job if they don’t get a sufficient raise. Despite everything, one in 10 companies expects a rise “much higher than usual” in 2023, compared to 38% “a little higher”, 45% “stable” and 7% “down”.
Source: BFM TV
