A survey among American retail workers by background check company Checkr on their jobs status shows some interesting findings. 

In this Checkr survey of American workers, 77% plan to switch jobs this year. “Retail workers seem to be following this national trend with 74% of the retail workers we surveyed telling us that they are either already searching for a new job or are thinking about it for 2023. Further, 20% are currently looking for their next role, while 20% have definite plans to start a job hunt this year, and 34% are open to the idea. Of the retail workers that have started new jobs, 30% said they had no issue switching jobs again right away if it was in their best interest,” says Checkr. 

Here are some more findings from the Checkr survey:

• 40% of retail workers find the process of searching for a new role stressful. 
• 51% of retail workers feel like it was impossible to even find a new job because their applications were not actually seen by hiring managers
• 91% of retail workers would switch jobs for more money
• 11% said they would switch jobs for as little as a 5% bump in pay from their current job, 
• 18% would switch for a modest 10% increase. 
• 53% of retail workers, however, would need a 15-25% raise to consider jumping jobs. 

Recommendations

Drawing from examples, Checkr suggests paying retail workers more money in order to retain them. “Major retailers, including Costco, Target, and Walmart are already jumping on this trend and have bumped their minimum wage for store workers to at least $15 an hour. And keeping retail workers happy may not take as much of a wage increase as you think,” it says. 

“If you want to retain your current employees? Turns out they also want to earn higher wages. So, we dug a little deeper to find out just how much of a salary increase employees would need to stop them from looking for a new job in 2023. According to our survey, 10% of retail workers would stay for a modest 5% wage increase and while 16% would accept a 10% raise. However, it is worth noting that 48% are looking for raises somewhere between 15-25%,” the Checkr report adds.   

Research Methodology 

Checkr has shared that all data found within this report was derived from an online poll conducted via the survey platform Pollfish. In total, 3,500 adult Americans were surveyed, a portion of retail workers were part of the survey. For this specific report, Checkr filtered for those respondents working in the retail sector alone. Respondents were found via Pollfish’s age and employment filtering features. 

It would be interesting to find out what Indian retail workers feel about their job. After all, they constitute an important cog in the wheel of retail experience.  

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