Workers have navigated increased workloads,
longer hours and strained resources during this recession. Some of these
challenges have taken their toll on workplace morale.
CHICAGO, November 17, 2009 Workers have navigated increased workloads,
longer hours and strained resources during this recession. Some of these
challenges have taken their toll on workplace morale. A new CareerBuilder
survey of more than 2,900 employers reveals that nearly a quarter (23
percent) rate their organization¹s current employee morale as low.
Additionally, 40 percent of workers report that they have had difficulty
staying motivated at work in the last year and a quarter (24 percent) do not
feel loyal to their current employer. The survey was conducted between
August 20 and September 9, 2009.
³Low morale levels are an unfortunate side effect of this recession,² said
Jason Ferrara, vice president of corporate marketing for CareerBuilder. ³As
a result, employers are taking measures to help address negative workplace
sentiment and motivate their employees. Whether it¹s through stepping up
communication, offering more employee recognition programs or providing
flexible work opportunities, organizations are doing what they can to
proactively manage low morale.²
Workers revealed a variety of factors that could be contributing to low
morale levels. Two-in-five said that their stress level at work is high and
nearly half (47 percent) said that their workload has increased in the last
six months. One-in-five are dissatisfied with their work/life balance.
Nearly two-in-five workers (38 percent) said they felt there was
departmental favoritism at work, which could also play a part in low morale
levels. More than a quarter of (28 percent) workers don¹t think their
department is important to senior leadership.
Sales (15 percent), human resources (11 percent) and accounting/finance (6
percent) topped the list of departments workers believe are primarily given
preferential treatment at work.
When asked what type of preferential treatment workers thought the favored
department received, they said that they:
€Tend to have higher salaries 51percent
€Receive more recognition by senior leaders 47 percent
€Have more flexibility in their work arrangements 43 percent
€Receive more funding/resources 27 percent
€Tend to have greater career advancement opportunities 26 percent
€Tend to have more training and leadership development opportunities 19
percent
€Are able to follow a more casual dress code 15 percent
€Are awarded with trips while other departments are not 15 percent
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Survey Methodology
This survey was conducted online within the U.S. by Harris Interactive© on
behalf of CareerBuilder.com among 2,924 hiring managers and human resource
professionals (employed full-time; not self-employed; non-government; with
at least significant involvement in hiring decisions); and among 4,285 U.S.
workers (employed full-time; not self-employed; non-government); ages 18 and
over between August 20 and September 9, 2009 (percentages for some questions
are based on a subset, based on their responses to certain questions). With
a pure probability sample of 2,924 and 4,285 one could say with a 95 percent
probability that the overall results have a sampling error of +/- 1.81
percentage points and +/-1.5 percentage points, respectively. Sampling error
for data from sub-samples is higher and varies.
About CareerBuilder®
CareerBuilder is the global leader in human capital solutions, helping
companies target and attract their most important asset their people. Its
online career site, CareerBuilder.com®, is the largest in the United States
with more than 23 million unique visitors, 1 million jobs and 32 million
resumes. CareerBuilder works with the world¹s top employers, providing
resources for everything from employment branding and data analysis. More
than 9,000 websites, including 140 newspapers and broadband portals such as
MSN and AOL, feature CareerBuilder¹s proprietary job search technology on
their career sites. Owned by Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI), Tribune Company,
The McClatchy Company (NYSE:MNI) and Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT),
CareerBuilder and its subsidiaries operate in the United States, Europe,
Canada and Asia. For more information, visit www.careerbuilder.com.
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