Two-thirds would give up people management if pay stayed the same – YouGov
Younger managers were the least keen, with nearly three-quarters of generation Z and millennials (73%) saying they would opt out of managing.
Two-thirds of managers in the UK and Ireland said they would rather not manage people if it did not affect their salary or benefits, according to YouGov research for SafetyCulture.
The study found that 69% of team leaders in frontline sectors would prefer to be individual workers.
Nearly three-quarters of Generation Z and Millennials (73%) said they would opt out of managing, compared to 65% of those aged 50 or older.
The main reason for not wanting to manage was emotional strain (79%).
Ronan Kirby, managing director, EMEA at SafetyCulture, said: “Business leaders may have heard of ‘conscious unbossing’ as a workplace trend among Gen Z, but we’ve found the attitude is far more widely spread and deeply rooted.
“What managers are indicating is a serious operational issue. When fewer people want to take on management roles, there’s a weaker pipeline of future business leaders.
“It can have wide-ranging impacts – everything from costly vacancies which take longer to fill, to quality and safety risks across the business.”
Most managers (74%) said their staff did not see or understand the hidden workload they dealt with.
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