A quarter of the workforce has changed jobs in the past year [Video]

Almost a quarter of the workforce (23%) changed jobs in the past 12 months, the highest level of employee movement for three years, according to Microsoft Ireland‘s 2024 Work Trend Index.

Employee movement is up significantly from last year (19%) and 2022 (14%), driven by younger workers, with more than half of Gen Z workers (53%) and a third of millennials (33%) leaving their employer in the last year.

The top reasons given for changing employers included personal well-being or mental health impact, lack of promotions or raises, and a lack of work-life balance, and there was a 5% increase year-on-year in employees feeling isolated, demotivated, and out of touch due to remote working, which was most common among millennials and Gen Z (86%).

The tech giant added the more than half (52%) of the younger cohort are considering changing their job in the next 12 months. A total of almost 700 workers across Ireland were …