More than half of workers recently surveyed said they regretted staying at a job too long.

Let’s talk regrets.

Two months into a new year, workers may find themselves reflective: Should I have applied for that job? Should I have tried for that promotion? Should I have pursued my true passion of running a combination cat rescue-wine shop-bookstore-bakery? 

A survey by Resume Now found that 66% of workers globally have career regrets. Chief among those regrets? Not asking for a pay raise.

The thing with regrets is they can fester. 

Early in my career, a former co-worker was struggling to get by on our salary. She had received a significant raise to work for the company, yet we still made far below the median income for the region. 

One day, she passed a male colleague’s desk and saw his pay stub out in the open; he, who was doing the same job and was less experienced by years, was making significantly more. She quit within months. 

As report upon report finds that workers are increasingly concerned about their wages failing to keep up with inflation, more workers say they are looking for new jobs. A January report by Bartech Staffing put that number at 57% within the first half of the year alone. Another report by Zety found that stagnant salaries and rising costs are keeping workers from achieving their life goals. 

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Source : https://www.hrdive.com/news/employees-plan-to-ask-for-more-money-and-new-skills/740844/