A total of 65.5 percent of office workers in the country are planning to leave their current jobs in the fourth quarter, citing low salaries and a lack of prospects as the main reasons, a survey released yesterday by an online job broker showed.
Asked about their expected salary, workers said they hope to receive, on average, NT$38,262 per month at their new jobs, the survey by yes123.com.tw showed.
However, the average salary being offered by companies is NT$30,934 per month — NT$7,338 less than what the workers are expecting.
Only 13.3 percent of workers are optimistic that the number of job opportunities will increase in the last three months of the year from the previous quarter, while 40.8 percent think they will decline and 45.9 percent do not expect any change, the survey showed.
It also found that although employers are not allowed to state age preferences in job advertisements, 72 percent of companies have an age limit for entry-level positions.
According to the survey, 35.1 percent of companies have an upper age limit of 40 to 44 for such positions, while 25.4 percent have set the ceiling at 30 to 34.
For entry-level supervisors, 69.4 percent of companies have set an age limit, with 31 percent of them drawing the line at 40 to 44, and 28.7 percent at 35 to 39, the survey found.
As for middle to high-level supervisors, 64.5 percent of companies have an age limit, with 33.3 percent specifying 45 to 49, and 31.7 percent setting the ceiling at 40 to 44.
The poll surveyed 1,648 members with full-time jobs and 930 companies from Aug. 24 to Thursday last week.
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