60% of finance professionals plan to leave the sector as they advise Gen-Z to look for job opportunities elsewhere
Medius research has found 60% of financial professionals are looking for a new job outside of the sector, as employees say the profession hasn’t kept pace with changing expectations. When asked if finance professionals would recommend a job in the sector to Generation-Z (those born between 1996 and 2010), 60% of respondents said they wouldn’t recommend it to the younger generation. The reason why? According to those in the sector, other fields now offer better compensation (53%), they’ve experienced high levels of burnout and poor work-life balance (53%), and a career in finance offers less