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Rabat – A newly published survey on the MENA region’s job trends has found that approximately 42% of Morocco’s labor force plan to move abroad in the following 12 months to look for better job opportunities, above the 33% average in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
In the survey, only 7% of respondents said they plan to stay at their current job within the following 12 months, below the region’s average of 13%, while 40% of respondents said they plan to look for a better job within the same industry.
Another 32% said they are actively looking to change jobs to another industry in the same period.
The survey, jointly conducted by Bayt.com, the largest job reach platform in the MENA region, and Yougov, a British market research and data analytics firm, aims to provide a comprehensive view of the MENA’s job market.
Measuring employees’ perception of salaries in Morocco, the survey indicates that only 2% of respondents expect their salaries to increase significantly, less than the region’s average of 4%.
Of the Moroccan respondents, 40% said they expect their salaries to stay the same.
While accounting for the factors behind the likely stagnation in salaries, 49% of Moroccans said they believe it is due to “employer-friendly” laws, again below the region’s 34% average.
Moroccan respondents further identify “poor economy” as the second determining factor behind the stagnation of salaries (29%), and 27% said it is the result of “poor corporate performance and decreased profitability.”
Regarding the gender pay gap in Morocco, 30% of Moroccan respondents said that women and men are paid the same salaries for the same positions and same duties, while only 10% of respondents said women are paid less.
The survey accounts for data that was collected online earlier this year, between January and February 2. Meanwhile, 81% of the survey’s respondents were male while only 19% were female.
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