A disconnect between healthcare leaders, workers

A disconnect between healthcare leaders, workers
Becker's Hospital Review; by Mariah Taylor; 5/17/24
A recent Indeed survey suggests that many workers do not intend to leave healthcare entirely, but rather break ties from individual employers due to dissatisfaction with the job, a recent Indeed survey suggests. The survey also cites a gap in perception between what the workers find important and what management thinks they find important. Indeed commissioned a survey of 1,014 healthcare job seekers and 489 professionals engaged in recruiting or hiring healthcare employees. Participants were surveyed between November and January. [Highlights include:]

• Nine percent of respondents said they were dissatisfied with the profession overall, but 82% plan to stay in the healthcare industry.
• Fifty-four percent of healthcare employers say the average tenure of their employees is four years or less.
• The top two reasons for job dissatisfaction were related to pay, including shift incentives (36%) and sign-on bonuses (34%).
• Healthcare workers said they are most satisfied with their relationships with patients (72%), colleagues (67%) and managers (56%).
• Employers, meanwhile, underestimate employees' stance on several issues. When asked, only 20% of employers thought workers put importance in appropriate staffing in the workplace, compared to 50% of workers who said it was important to them. Similar gaps were also seen in work-life balance (48% vs. 78%), flexibility with shifts (26% vs. 56%) and psychological safety measures (8% vs. 20%).