Source page: McKinsey & Company
Commentary
Show me the advancement potential
Technology | Jobs
May 26, 2023 – Despite the recent wave of layoffs in the tech sector, demand for digital talent is as robust as ever, with employers struggling to fill positions. But senior partner Paul Roche and colleagues find that the priorities of many workers in the sector have changed. Career development and the possibility of advancement have overtaken compensation as the main reasons for staying in a job or accepting a new one. Click through the interactive to see more.
Interactive
To read the article, see “Cracking the code on digital talent,” April 20, 2023.
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Visual form
Ranked horizontal lollipop sequence.
Layout / body structure
The chart lists reasons on the left and draws a horizontal stem to a labeled dot for each percentage value. The visible view is Why I plan to stay in my current job, with the top five rows shaded.
What is being compared
It compares factors driving US digital workers’ attrition and retention across four slide views, including reasons to stay, reasons to leave, and related decision points.
Measurement system
The measure is percent of respondents. Each row ends at a dot labeled with its value, turning the ranked list into a lollipop chart rather than a standard filled bar chart.
Visible structure inside the graphic
The visible stay view ranks career development and advancement potential first at 47 percent, followed by workplace flexibility at 46, meaningful work at 44, compensation and financial-related factors at 43, and reliable and supportive coworkers at 40.
Main takeaway from the visual
The chart shows that advancement potential sits at the top of the stay decision, roughly equal to workplace flexibility and ahead of compensation.
Key standout values or extremes
The top visible value is 47 percent for career development and advancement potential. The lowest visible values are 19 percent for geographic ties and 19 percent for job market factors.
Controls / sequence, when applicable
Prev and Next step through the four-slide sequence.
Companion media, when applicable
The chart is the full visual on this page. There is no separate companion audio or video outside the visual.