You're hired, but they pay you less.
The most recent data, coming from job recruiting platforms, show how starting salaries are on average lower, compared to the same positions offered during 2022, by a percentage even higher than 5%.
This is a surprising contrast when compared with an inflation rate that has never been so high in the last 30 years and with the difficulty of finding suitable candidates to fill key positions, a difficulty that has become increasingly marked in the last two years, and it is a only partially explainable by the staff cuts that are being recorded in many companies.
Some argue, however, that this moment of readjustment could lead to long-term benefits and help create a more sustainable and balanced labor market.
In fact, many companies are starting to focus on other aspects of working life, such as the four-day work week, to attract talent.
It follows that an increasingly common situation in the future could be to refuse much more remunerative job offers and prefer stability or the opportunity to achieve a more effective balance between professional commitments and personal needs.