Most manufacturing supervisors not satisfied with job

Inexperienced manufacturing supervisors earn hourly wage between R88 and R204

Workers in this occupation with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between R32 748 and R81 566 per month. Workers in this occupation starting out on the job, with 1 year of experience, can expect to earn between R88 and R204 per hour.

Manufacturing supervisors mostly male

Among the workers in this occupation who share information on their wages and working conditions, most are male. 45% of people in this job have 1 child or more. The age group for employees who answered the survey was mostly between 24 and 29 years of age.

Average working week of 41 hours

Coverage by collective bargaining amongst employees is 1%, while 99% are not covered by a collective agreement, according to our survey. On average, workers work 41 hours per week.

Coworkers mostly male

Of the participating people in this job, 50% work in a multinational organisation. Workers who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 82%. For most people in this job, the majority of their coworkers are male. 18% of workers state that they have no permanent contract for their job. The majority of employees work in organisations of 500 or more employees. 37% of employees have worked fewer than 5 years since their first job.

In the survey, 6% of the workers choose 'highly dissatisfied' as their job satisfaction level. On the whole, employees feel satisfied about their job. This feeling is shared by 31% of the employees.

Wage dissatisfaction high among manufacturing supervisors

Of all surveyed workers in this occupation, 34% feel highly dissatisfied about their salary. 36% of the workers reports to be dissatisfied with their wage.

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