”Low monthly salary, mountain of work”... MZ generation civil servants' intention to quit higher than their predecessors = South Korea

A study shows that MZ generation (Millennials and Z generation, born between the 1980s and 2000s) civil servants in South Korea who are dissatisfied with their wages are more likely to quit their jobs than previous generations.
The results are in. The Korean Society for Social Administration analyzed data from a survey of 6,170 civil servants nationwide, and concluded that "the impact of public and private wage disparity on civil servants' intention to quit their jobs"
The results of the study, released on the 27th, showed that public servants' intention to quit their jobs increased by 7 percentage points for every step they took to rank their perceived wage inequity on a five-point scale.
The results were based on an analysis of whether public servants answered on a five-point scale whether they felt the wage gap between them and private companies was unfair.
In particular, the extent to which perceptions of wage unfairness have a negative impact on intentions to quit tends to be greater for the MZ generation than for existing generations.
On the other hand, among civil servants who feel that their wages are fair, the MZ generation showed a lower intention to leave their jobs than previous generations.
"If the civil service society ensures 'fairness of the process' and 'reasonableness of compensation,' the negative impact on the intention to leave the MZ generation of civil servants will be mitigated to a certain extent."
"You can do it," he said. Recently, there has been a sharp increase in the resignations of young civil servants due to dissatisfaction with the organizational culture and low wages compared to private companies.
Among civil servants with less than five years of service, the number of people retiring early is set to steadily increase from 6,663 in 2019 to 13,823 in 2023, more than doubling in four years.
The competition rate for selection exams for transportation officer candidates is also declining.