Hong Kong workers far less satisfied with employers’ support measures during coronavirus crisis than their Singapore peers, survey finds
- About a third of Hong Kong workers feel adequately supported by their employers, compared with almost two thirds of those in Singapore, survey finds
- The two cities have been affected to roughly the same extent by the virus, in terms of numbers of confirmed cases
From providing masks and sanitisers to enabling flexible work arrangements, employers across Hong Kong have been rolling out measures to protect and support staff during the deadly coronavirus epidemic.
But it seems their efforts have not been enough to satisfy the average worker, if a recent survey is anything to go by.
Only 38 per cent of employees in the city believe their companies have provided them with adequate support in the face of the Covid-19 outbreak, according to the survey carried out by Hong Kong-based market research firm CSG and global communication consultancy Ruder Finn.
A fifth of those polled rated their company’s support as “inadequate”.
The picture was rather different in Singapore, a city widely seen as Hong Kong’s rival Asian financial hub, where 61 per cent of staff felt adequately supported. Only 5 per cent of the Singaporeans surveyed felt their employers’ support measures during the crisis were inadequate.
The two cities have been affected to roughly the same extent by the virus, in terms of numbers of confirmed cases.
The study polled 525 people in Hong Kong and 512 in Singapore using an online survey in the last week of February.
