Swiss employers reluctant to give staff pay rises

Most Swiss employers are reluctant to spontaneously give their employees a salary hike, according to a survey by recruitment firm Robert Walters. + Get the most important Swiss news directly in your inbox Only 34% of employees received a raise without having to ask for one in 2024. + Unions and employers have wildly different pay expectations A third of employees asked for nothing, and therefore got nothing, while 14% had their request for a raise turned down, says the recruitment firm in a press release. And 11% had to change employer to obtain a better salary. + Read more: what’s on the Swiss economic horizon in 2025? Stagnating incomes have an impact on employee satisfaction. Only 4% of those surveyed said they were "very satisfied" with their current remuneration, while 36% were "dissatisfied" with their salary, judged to be below their expectations. Nearly half of employees surveyed plan to change jobs if they don't get a raise by 2025. And almost three quarters of them expect ...