Majority of people working in Mombasa are unhappy with their jobs, a recent report has revealed.

The Kenya Employee Satisfaction Report 2021,  released on Wednesday by BrighterMonday, Nairobi has the highest number of respondents who are neutral about their happiness and the majority of respondents in Kisumu are happy with their employer.

“Mombasa has the most unhappy respondents and poses the highest flight risk as the majority sampled are willing to leave their current employer in the next 6 months,” reads the report.

Adding" 52% of Kisumu residents on their part said they are happy with their current roles while 31% are neutral about whether they are willing to leave their current employer.” 

classified the respondents into different age groups, where it found that a majority of people between the ages of 18-24 are satisfied with their current employers.

The report also found that those between the ages of 25-35, 36-45 and over 45 are neutral. It also found that there is a high flight risk rate across all age groups, especially among those over 45 years of age.

"Regarding organisational flight risk and employer advocacy by gender, the report shows that men are slightly happier with their employer but pose a slightly higher flight risk than women. This means they are more likely to leave their employer. 43% of them are happy but 55% are willing to leave their job. On the flip side, 54% of women said they are willing to leave their current employer while 42% are happy with their current role.”

A total of 1,760 respondents from Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu and other cities took part in the research.