2025 Employment Hero Annual Jobs Report Reveals A Workforce Under Pressure, On The Move, and Rewriting the Rules
Career Climbers / 1st October 2025
Employment Hero, The Global Authority on Employment, Has Released Its 2025 Annual Jobs Report,, Work in motion: A Snapshot of the World of WorkRevealing How Cost-of Living Pressures, Shifting Values, Genational Change, Navigating Ai and Other Technological Changes Are Reshaping Employment Across Australia,, New ZealandThe United Kingdom and Canada.
Drawing on aggregated insights from more than 350,000 small businesses and 2 million employers in Australia,, New Zealandand the UK, Alongside A YouGov Survey of 3,635 Workers Across All Four Markets, The Report Charts A Global Workforce Navigating A World Frauight with Conflict and Unease, but so immense opportunity for growth and Reinvention.
Key trends from the report:
1. The Global Pressure Cooker
Cost-of-Living Pressures Are the Universal Force Reshaping the Workforce, Leaving Nearly Half of Employees Unsure They Could Find Another Job Quickly If They Lost Their.
Despite Employment Growth (up 5.8% in Australia2.4% in New Zealand2.6% in the UK), Workers Feel Squeezed. Nearly Half of Employees (45%) Say they wouldn’t be confident of finding a new job with three months if they Lost Theirs. Rising Costs Are Forcing Tough Choices: How to Work, Where To Work, and How Many Jobs To Hold.
2. Welcome to the multi-verses
One in Three Workers Now Hold Multiple Jobs, Signalling the Rise of “Poly-Employment”.
For many, one job is no longer enough. One in Three Workers Globally (30%) Now Holds Multiple Roles, Rising to 36% in Canada and Nearly Half of 18–24s (47%). In Australia and New Zealand43% of Employees Report Taking on Extra Hours or Side Jobs. Data Shows Part-Time Hours Climbing Steadily, Up 1.3% Yoy in Australia and 3.8% in New Zealand (including 18% surge Among Teens).
3. No Pressure, Less stress
Gen z are prioritising job security over risk ventures like startups.
Most Employees Now Want Balance Over Burnout, Choosing Roles With Manageable Pressure and Responsibility.
Globally, Workers Want Balance, Not Burnout. A Majority (56%) Say They Prefer Jobs Without Excessive Pressure Or Responsibility, Even Among Peak-Career Cohorts. The Wellbeing Reset is Reshaping Career Choices in Every Market.
4. The New Blueprint for Work
Gen z are blending caution with ambition, are financial pragmatic, but so the Most Likely to Change Careers, Industries, Or Even Countries in Search of Growth and Purpose.
Gen z is rewriting the rulebook: Financialy Cautious Yet Ambitious in Scope. They are the Most Likely to Change Industries, Careers, Or Locations in Pursuit of Growth and Purpose, While So Facing The Sharpest Cost-of Living Pressures. 58% Report Working Extra Just To Get by, Underscoring The Competing Forces Shaping the Future of Work.
Comment: Ben ThompsonCo-Founder and CEO of Employment Hero
“Employment Hero’s Annual Jobs Report Combines Real-Time Employer Insights with Employee Sentiment. The Way People Work Has Fundamental Transformed Across Every Market. We Are Seine for Forces at Play, Rising Costs, Shifting Priorities, Navigating Ai and Other Technological Changes And a growing Willingness Among Employees to Rethink How, and Why They Work.
