Wendy Zhang/ Shanghai Daily news

Chinese employees are satisfied with opportunities to acquire new knowledge and to improve capabilities, but only 20 percent consider their current incomes match their efforts, according to survey jointly conducted by Zhaopin (www.zhaopin.com) and Sina of more than 3,000 respondents, eastday.com reported yesterday.
According to the survey, 30 percent of interviewees consider that acquiring new knowledge and skills and improving their abilities makes them feel most satisfied. Twenty-two percent of respondents think the saddest thing is they do not gain a feeling of achievement from their work.
Sixty-seven percent of respondents have clear career objectives, with 39 percent considering they are getting much closer to their targets and 28 percent feeling their dreams are far from the reality.
The survey indicates that only three percent think that compared to their efforts, their salaries are far from enough; 20 percent consider that their salaries match their efforts; 24 percent think that their salaries should have increased by 20-30 percent and 20 percent of interviewees consider their salaries should have risen by 50-100 percent; 17 percent of respondents think their current salaries are far from satisfactory.
Although most employees are dissatisfied with their salaries, 67 percent of them haven't changed jobs. Among those who have changed jobs, 24 percent are still in the same industry, and 22 percent remain in the same position but in a different industry.
Having the opportunity to display their abilities, and gaining respect and recognition from others have become more important, said an industry analyst, adding that more employees regard their work a main part of their lives.