Workers to look for greener pastures

Employers should prepare for a huge spike in staff turnover, according to a poll by human resource firm Right Management.

A whopping 60% of North American employees surveyed intend to leave their jobs as the economy improves this year, while an additional one in four are networking and updating their résumés.

“Employees are clearly expressing their pent-up frustration with how they have been treated through the downturn,” says Douglas Matthews, Right Management’s president and chief operating officer. “While employers may have taken necessary steps to streamline operations to remain viable, it appears many employees may have felt neglected in the process. The result is a disengaged and disgruntled workforce.”

Only 13% of the 904 workers who participated in the survey intend to stay in their current jobs throughout 2010.