A significant proportion of Hong Kong’s workforce are job-hoppers. According to a 2015 Ipsos survey, 71 per cent of professionals in the city were either planning to or considering changing jobs within the year.
A 2020 survey of Hong Kong workers found almost a third of the respondents had actually switched jobs, driven by salary dissatisfaction and hopes of increasing their income. For some young people, repeatedly switching jobs might even be necessary to secure more senior roles and career opportunities.
Recent discussions about job-hopping have focused on a specific segment of Hong…
