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The percentage of those surveyed willing to go the extra mile to help their employer has sunk from 69% in 2015 to 55% in 2025, according to their survey of 4,656 adults.

Meanwhile, those who were not even "fairly" satisfied with their roles has sank to one-in-four, the lowest level on record.

In addition, workers are less likely than 10 years ago to say they have an interesting job, with 63% of those surveyed saying so, down from 74%.

"Workers today are indeed a little less committed to their employers, and a little less intrinsically drawn to work in general, than workers were a decade ago," the report added.

This shift over the last decade "may have contributed to weak productivity growth", which has slowed since the financial crisis and weakened again after the pandemic, the Resolution Foundation found.

Workers were also more focused on pay than in the past, which it said was "perhaps unsurprising... given the flatlining living standards of the past decade".

Sir John Curtice, politics professor and co-editor of the report, said the analysis does not mean that young people have "become more 'work-shy', nor have workers in general become more reluctant to change jobs".

"But if workers are to be fully engaged in their work, it has seemingly become more important for employers to provide jobs that are both financially rewarding and have flexible work hours," he added.