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RESEARCHREPORTS

Report no. 53/2025

Young people about working life

Author: Marta Bożewicz
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2025-06-04
The key criteria for choosing a workplace for young respondents are: good pay (65%), good atmosphere at work and good relationships with other employees (32%), work-life balance (29%), and job security (26%). Contrary to stereotypes, the possibility of remote work is a decisive criterion for choosing a workplace for only 15% of young respondents. The responses did not significantly differ between Generation Y and Z.
If you were looking for a job now, what would be most important to you? Please select no more than three answers.
Figure 1. If you were looking for a job now, what would be most important to you? Please select no more than three answers.
The largest proportion in both generations (25%) believe that income allowing one person to live well should be within the range of 5000–5999 PLN net. Slightly fewer (21%) consider income in the range of 6000 PLN to 6999 PLN net as necessary. The expected income increases with the size of the place of residence of respondents.
What do you think is the net (take-home) pay that would allow one person to live well in your area?
Figure 2. What do you think is the net (take-home) pay that would allow one person to live well in your area?
More information about this topic can be found in CBOS report in Polish: “Young people about working life", June 2025. Fieldwork dates for the sample: October and November 2024, N=1573. The random sample is representative for adult population of Poland aged 18-44.