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升职当“带人的经理”，还是很多人心中的职业目标吗？调研公司益普索（Ipsos）10月19日发布的《职场现实2026》（The Workplace Reality 2026）报告给出了一个有些意外的答案。这项调查于2026年8月21日至9月4日在网上进行，访问了32个国家的9100名在职成年人。在目前不管理他人的员工中，只有26%认为当管理者有吸引力，38%认为没有吸引力；日本、瑞典、德国的差距尤其明显。最常见的原因是满足于现状，其次是不想承担额外责任、想守住工作与生活的平衡、不想增加工作量。报告还发现，35岁以下员工反而对管理岗最感兴趣，而真正拉开差距的是公司是否支持员工的职业发展。文章大致按“现象—原因—条件—延伸发现—局限”展开，后半部分还介绍了员工调查“只问不做”的问题。阅读时可留意 but、instead、however、yet 如何引出转折，以及 may、suggests 等词如何为结论保留分寸；结尾也交代了网上样本在部分国家并不完全代表全体人口。

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Many workers still hope to move up in their careers, but fewer of them want to manage other people. A new survey by the research company Ipsos, published on October 19, asked 9,100 working adults in 32 countries how they feel about their jobs. Among employees who do not manage anyone, only 26% said becoming a people manager looked attractive. Another 38% said it looked unattractive.

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许多员工仍然希望在职业上更进一步，但愿意管理他人的人却越来越少。调研公司益普索（Ipsos）于10月19日发布了一项新调查，询问了32个国家的9100名在职成年人对自己工作的看法。在不管理任何人的员工中，只有26%的人表示当一名带人的管理者看起来有吸引力，另有38%的人认为它没有吸引力。

The results were very different from country to country. In Japan, just 8% of these workers found the manager’s job attractive, while 55% did not. In Sweden the numbers were 12% and 63%, and in Germany they were 16% and 47%. Interest was higher in Asia-Pacific and Latin America, where about a third of workers liked the idea.

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各国的结果差别很大。在日本，这类员工中只有8%认为管理者的工作有吸引力，而55%的人不这么认为。在瑞典，这两个数字分别是12%和63%；在德国，分别是16%和47%。亚太地区和拉丁美洲的兴趣较高，约三分之一的员工喜欢这个想法。

Why do so many people say no? The most common answer was simple: 40% were happy with their current position. Others did not want the extra responsibility (29%), wanted to protect their work-life balance (27%) or did not want more work (26%). Ipsos says this does not mean people lack ambition. Instead, many look at the managers above them and decide that the costs are greater than the rewards.

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为什么这么多人说“不”？最常见的回答很简单：40%的人对自己目前的职位感到满意。其他人则不想承担额外的责任（29%），想保护自己的工作与生活平衡（27%），或者不想做更多的工作（26%）。益普索表示，这并不意味着人们缺乏抱负。相反，许多人看着上面的管理者，判断出这份工作的代价大于回报。

Age was not the main problem. Employees under 35 found management the most appealing, which goes against the idea that young workers are less committed. What mattered more was support. Workers who felt their employer helped them reach their career goals were 2.6 times as likely to find management attractive, at 41% compared with 16%. Yet fewer than half of all workers said they felt supported, and support was weakest for people who do not lead a team.

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年龄并不是主要问题。35岁以下的员工认为管理岗位最有吸引力，这与“年轻员工不够投入”的看法相反。更重要的是支持。觉得雇主帮助自己实现职业目标的员工，认为管理岗位有吸引力的可能性是其他人的2.6倍，比例为41%对16%。然而，在全部员工中，只有不到一半的人表示自己得到了支持，而不带团队的人得到的支持最少。

The survey also looked at how companies listen. Among workers who had been asked to fill in an employee survey, only 42% had seen evidence that their employer acted on the results. Those who were asked but saw no action felt worse about their employer than people who were never asked at all. However, the action does not have to be big. The examples people noticed most often were being told what the survey found and what the company planned to do next.

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这项调查还考察了公司如何倾听员工的意见。在曾被邀请填写员工调查问卷的人中，只有42%看到过雇主根据调查结果采取行动的证据。那些被询问过却没看到任何行动的人，对雇主的感受比从未被询问过的人还要差。不过，行动并不一定要很大。人们最常注意到的例子，是被告知调查发现了什么，以及公司下一步打算怎么做。

Ipsos suggests that companies may need to redesign the manager’s job, for example by reducing its workload, and offer other paths for people who want to grow without leading others. The survey was carried out online in August and September, and in some countries the people who took part were more urban and educated than the general population.

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益普索建议，公司可能需要重新设计管理者的工作，比如减轻其工作量，并为那些想成长却不想带人的员工提供其他发展路径。这项调查于8月和9月在网上进行；在一些国家，参与调查的人比一般人群更集中于城市、受教育程度也更高。

新闻来源

• Ipsos · The Workplace Reality (19 Oct 2026)
• Ipsos · The Workplace Reality 2026: A 32-Country Global Advisor Survey (PDF, October 2026)

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