Author: Tatyana Gracheva

50% of employees in Serbia consider changing jobs

Important information that helps decision-makers adapt strategies to meet the real needs of employees, improve working conditions and further strengthen their position in the market is provided by the “What Keeps Employees Going” research.
In Serbia it was conducted jointly by Osiguranik, Infostud, Rezilient and Tim Centar.
744 decision-makers from companies of different sizes were involved and 2,710 employees from various sectors were surveyed.
According to the results, flexibility in work remains high on employees’ priority list. The most desirable benefits are flexible working hours, the possibility of a four-day workweek, working from home and additional days off, followed by voluntary health insurance.
Wellbeing issues (stress, loss of energy, and lack of motivation) were mentioned by nearly all respondents (94%). 59% of respondents admitted that these issues significantly affect their productivity at work.
The research shows that eNPS (Employee Net Promoter Score) is at a very low level in Serbia, with an average score of -46, which indicates that most employees are dissatisfied with their work environment. Only 14% would recommend their company as a good place to work, while 60% of respondents openly express negative opinion about their company.
According to this statistic, 50% of the employees are thinking about changing jobs. A tendency to move to another company within the next year is especially evident with younger generations.
The focus of the HR sector on talent retention is the good news for 2025. Employee opinions may be changed due to the employee experience improvement, leadership skills strengthening and soft skills development.
Attraction of new talent as a tool to ease the hiring process for those looking for new job opportunities is considered by 36% of companies.
According to the salary policy statistics, 60% of employees are roughly aware of their colleagues’ pay in spite of proclaimed global trends in salary transparency. Part of the salary is paid “under the table” to 17% of employees, and the entire salary is paid in cash to 3% of employees. A need for wage system improvements, salary increases and greater transparency in companies is indicated by the fact that only 18% of employees are satisfied with their current earnings.
Numerous other insights about the labour market in Serbia, including topics such as feedback culture, working from home, and answers to questions like to what extent managers influence employee motivation and whether they truly want to be in their current position in the company are revealed by this research.

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Serbia’s statistics office reports almost 3 million employed

As the Republic Statistics Office (RZS) said on Friday, almost 2.9 people were employed in Serbia in the second quarter of 2024 according to a labor force survey.
A press release reported that the LFS data for the second quarter 2024 show that the number of the employed persons was 2,899,700, the number of the unemployed persons was 257,800, while the number of the population outside the labour force was 2,484,400.
According to this data, the employment numbers increased by 48,400 and the unemployment numbers decreased by 44,800. It demonstrates the growth of the employment rate (51.4%) by 1.1 percentage points (p.p. and the decrease of the unemployment rate by 1.4 p. p. and was 8.2%. A decrease of the rate of the population outside the labour force was 0.4 p.p.
According to the RZS, the total rate of informal employment was 11.8%. In the agricultural sector it attained 51.7% and in non-agricultural sectors 5.9%.
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Ruling party’s “ambitious goal” for country’s budget to exceed $18.2 bln and for average salary to attain $1,277 by 2028 is highlighted by Georgian PM

The party’s “very ambitious goals” ahead of the October 26 parliamentary elections for increasing the country’s budget to exceed ₾50 billion ($18.2 bln) and raising the average salaries to ₾3,500 ($1,277) by 2028 was announced on Monday by Irakli Kobakhidze, the head of the ruling Georgian Dream party’s election staff and the Prime Minister of Georgia.
The “significant increase” in average salaries over the past decade was highlighted by Kobakhidze in his address at the presentation of the party’s election program. He noted that in 2012, the figure stood at ₾712 ($260), while “today that number has risen to ₾2,005 ($731)”.
According to the PM, these projections were based on “reliable data”, which the country’s final budget would reflect. He was also confident in the “accuracy” of these forecasts and in the possibility of such an increase of average salaries in the country.
The PM expects the national budget to exceed ₾50 billion ($18.2 bln) by 2028, and many projects will be implemented due to this rise.
“Peace”, “economic growth” were called by PM as key factors in Georgian Dream party’s “high” rating.
The country’s financial trajectory was highlighted by Kobakhidze. He says that in 2012, the budget equaled to ₾8.5 billion ($3.0 bln) and by 2024, despite the existing challenges, it “has increased to nearly ₾28 billion ($10,2 bln), owing to the economic growth”.
Unemployment has been halved from 26.7 percent in 2012 to 13.7 percent at present.
According to Kobakhidze, 1,217,000 people had been employed in 2021 and 170,000 new jobs had been created in the last two and a half years. They promise to provide at least 200,000 additional job opportunities by 2028 at this pace.

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