The inclination to resign is very strong among employees who have not received a raise
65% of French employees received an increase in the first quarter of 2023. Among them, more than half (53%) consider their increase insufficient, tells us the HR firm Walters People. Indeed, at the end of 2022, nearly 6 out of 10 professionals (57%) believed that a minimum increase should be higher than inflation (5.2%). However, in fact, most employees (71%) received an increase of less than 5%.
In the rest, 18% of employees received an increase between 5 and 10%, 7% of employees between 11 and 15%, and 4% an increase greater than 15%. As for employees who have not received a raise, 80% of them now want to resign. They are even 37% to plan to do so in the next 3 months (i.e. 9 points more than in December 2022), confirming the fears of companies related to talent retention.
Most companies are considering increases between 2 and 3%, sometimes 4%
This study by Walters People echoes another study, carried out by the firm Alixio, whose daily The echoes revealed the results on April 13, 2023. The latter tells us that most French companies (27%) envisage increases between 2 and 3% in 2023, 22% of companies increases between 3 and 4%, and 19% of companies between 4 and 5%. A sixth of companies (14%) are considering increases between 1 and 2%, and 12% of companies are considering increases between 5 and 6%.
Still according to the firm Alixio, in 2022 executives benefited from significant general increases, at 2.5% on average. Individual increases were 3.16% on average. Non-executives, meanwhile, received general increases of 3.6% on average. Individual increases were 2.2% on average.
