Overview
- The share of people rating their job as insecure rose by 3 percentage points from 2024 and 5 points from 2023 in EY’s representative November 2025 survey of about 1,000 adults.
- Despite the shift, 84% still consider their job secure, including 45% who describe it as very secure.
- Anxiety is concentrated among younger workers, with 21% of under‑35s worried compared with 10% of those over 55.
- Income gaps are stark: 36% of people earning under €25,000 report job worries versus 8% among those earning over €70,000.
- Only 17% expect to have more money this year while 26% anticipate a deterioration, and EY’s Henrik Ahlers cites widespread skepticism and delayed big‑ticket purchases.