Employee confidence declines as Brexit concerns rise

As well as damaging UK trade and raising difficult border questions, Brexit could be having another very serious impact – this time on employee attitude.

That’s according to research from ADP, which has surveyed between 1,300 and 1,500 UK employees every year since 2015 to track their attitudes and perspectives on work. This year’s findings reveal that just three quarters (75%) of respondents feel very or quite optimistic about their future in the workplace, a drop of six per cent since 2015.

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The fall in optimism is even more pronounced amongst employees in Generation Z, who have seen an eight per cent decline in positivity since 2015 (from 91% to 83%), perhaps driven by their opposition to Brexit.

Adding to these concerns, respondents are also feeling less confident about their skills than they were in 2015, perhaps due to rise in new technologies entering the workplace. Just 80% now believe they have the skills and training to succeed in their role, down eight per cent on three years ago.