Workers are sour on the job market — but that pessimism may be somewhat misplaced.
The Glassdoor Employee Confidence Index in January fell to its lowest level since 2016, when the career site began tracking the metric, it said Monday. The index measures how workers feel about their employer’s six-month business outlook.
The decline suggests job security is a “prominent” worry, said Daniel Zhao, lead economist at Glassdoor. “It’s a signal that employees are concerned heading into 2024,” he said.
