A Taloustutkimus survey commissioned by the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle shows that working people in Finland have better faith in the security of their jobs of late. Results show that an overwhelming 82 percent of employed respondents are at least somewhat confident that they will be able to continue working in their current place of employment.
Confidence in continued job security among workers in Finland has grown since the last poll in December 2015, when five percent fewer respondents were very or somewhat confident they would stay employed.
Tuomo Turja, research director at the Finnish pollster Taloustutkimus, speculates that people are regaining their hope in the future.
“I would interpret the results to show that people think the worst is over right now. Many of the respondents may have also already made it through several redundancy talks,” he says.
White-collar workers and professionals are the most confident that they will be kept on, while blue-collar workers are most fearful for their positions, the March survey found.
Younger people more worried
Young people that have recently entered the job market for the first time are most concerned about keeping their job. Among 35-to-49 year olds, 14 percent are at least sometimes doubtful about their job security, while among 25-to-34 year olds, the share grows to 19 percent.
These age groups are well aware of the old workplace axiom: “last in, first out”.
“It‘s because they’ve just recently completed their studies and are only starting down their career path. This leads to uncertainty about their jobs,” says Turja.
The Taloustutkimus survey relied on 2,007 interviews conducted from March 11 to 30, resulting in a margin of error of 2.5 percent in either direction. Of these, 1076 people had jobs at the time of the interview.
13.50: Updated to clarify that the poll results are based on those respondents who currently have jobs.