At least 70 percent have never been promoted. According to a recent survey conducted by the Macau Management Association. Two-thirds of city workers have never been given the opportunity to advance their careers.

The latest survey on job mobility conducted by the Macau Management Association (MMA) shows that nearly 70 per cent of around 1,000 interviewed employees in the city say they have never been promoted.
The results of the survey, released on Wednesday evening, reveal that 68.4 per cent of the 1,013 surveyed have never been given the opportunity for career advancement. The situation is worse for those working in the gaming industry, marketing & public relations and local associations – where only 20 per cent of interviewees working in these fields said they had been promoted.
However, those working in MICE, government, banks and medical services may have more opportunities for advancement. More than 60 per cent of surveyed employees said they have been promoted. In the MICE industry alone, nearly 80 per cent of the interviewees said they had been promoted.
The Association perceives that the high promotion rate in the MICE industry suggests that the development room for new industries will be better than the traditional ones.
Meanwhile, the survey also found that 37.4 per cent of total interviewees have been working for their current employers for less than three years, suggesting that the job turnover rate of Macau residents is quite high, the Association said.
In addition, 65.5 per cent of interviewees reckon that the current job conditions in Macau are not ideal, reflecting that Macau residents are not optimistic about job prospects despite the unemployment rate of Macau being virtually non-existent.
In fact, more than 30 per cent of those who work in advising, media and banks change their profession the following year, according to the survey.
Factors driving these employees to leave their jobs, according to the Association, are primarily remuneration and benefits, room for promotion, working hours and work pressure.
MMA also found that education and career planning do matter in promotion - more than 75.5 per cent of upper management has a university degree or above, while half the junior staff or management has a high school certificate or below. In addition, 48.3 per cent of junior staff claimed that they had not planned for their careers while over 70 per cent of professionals or upper management claimed that they had.



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