Thekabarnews.com—A new study indicates that Malaysia has the highest rate of people quitting their jobs in the Asia-Pacific region because of toxic work environments.

The Randstad Workmonitor 2025, which came out on March 25, 2025, said that about 59 percent of Malaysian workers had already quit or were considering quitting their jobs because of hazardous working conditions. This percentage represents the highest rate among all the surveyed Asia-Pacific countries.

Randstad, the world’s biggest talent agency, and Evalueserve, a research company, worked together to do the survey. They gathered responses from 503 employees in Malaysia from October 7 to November 6, 2024. In addition, the survey was part of a larger study that looked at 34 markets around the world.

The results indicate that workplace culture is becoming more important in deciding whether or not to stay at a job.

Almost 48 percent of Malaysians said they would turn down a job offer from a company with a bad work culture. The survey indicated that both younger and older workers care a lot about having a healthy work environment. Gen Z workers had the highest rejection rate at 59 percent. In comparison, Gen X workers had a rejection rate of 50 percent.

The study also found that feeling like you belong is a big part of keeping employees. Approximately 61 percent of Malaysian workers indicated that they would resign from their jobs if they felt disconnected from their coworkers or lacked a sense of belonging.

50 percent of people said that negative relationships with their bosses could make them contemplate quitting their jobs.

Researchers also found that workers of different generations have different priorities. About 33 percent of people who answered said they would be willing to take a pay cut in exchange for making friends at work. This trend was especially strong among Baby Boomers (44 percent) and Gen Z workers (37 percent).

Furthermore, 93 percent of the people who participated said they did better at work when they felt like they were part of a strong community.

Country Director at Randstad Malaysia Fahad Naeem said that salary alone is not enough to keep employees loyal to a company anymore.

Naeem says that having good relationships with coworkers and bosses is often the most important factor in keeping employees happy and keeping them for a long time.

“People often stay with companies because they have good relationships with their managers and coworkers,” he said, adding that a supportive workplace can have a big impact on whether an employee decides to stay or leave.

The survey shows that businesses in the area may need to pay more attention to the culture at work. This is because employees are putting more value on feeling safe, belonging, and having positive relationships with coworkers.

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