---
title: "Reasons to be \"just okay\" with current job — Work data 2026"
url: https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2026/work/data/job-sat-complacent
year: 2026
chapter: "work"
question: "JobSatComplacent"
section: "Job satisfaction + AI"
licence: "ODbL 1.0 (https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/)"
---

# Reasons to be "just okay" with current job

Asked as: If you feel complacent at work, what is the primary driver? (`JobSatComplacent`, single select, optional, v2026.1)

## Options offered

1. Lack of upward mobility due to corporate tightening
2. AI automating the challenging parts of my job
3. Economic uncertainty making me hesitant to switch roles
4. Burnout/tech fatigue
5. I do not feel complacent
6. Other, please specify (with free-text entry)

## Results

### All Respondents

n = 8,312

|  | Respondents | Percent |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| I do not feel complacent | 2,889 | 34.8% |
| Burnout/tech fatigue | 1,753 | 21.1% |
| Economic uncertainty making me hesitant to switch roles | 1,545 | 18.6% |
| AI automating the challenging parts of my job | 822 | 9.9% |
| Lack of upward mobility due to corporate tightening | 811 | 9.8% |
| Other | 492 | 5.9% |

In context: https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2026/work/data.md