Job satisfaction and pride at work rose in 2008
Peter Crush, 09 June 2009
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1 comment on this article.Orc International's annual Employee Opinion Survey 2008 has just been published and it reveals 71% of employees are satisfied with working for their organisation, while 68% say they feel proud to work for their chosen company.
The survey comprises responses from more than 1.5 million employees. It shows overall job satisfaction is up 4% on 2007, with pride up 1%.
Despite the survey taking place in gloomy economic times, 60% of UK employees say they feel secure in their jobs (up from 51% in 2007), while 45% say they are happy with their pay (up from 43% in 2007).
However, the survey reveals significant large sector-based differences. Satisfaction among those working in central government is down 7.4%, with pride also down 6.7%. Employees in central government who believe their pay is fair is 7.3% lower than the UK norm. In contrast, satisfaction in retail is up 8.8% compared with the national norm. The number of employees who believe they are fairly paid is also up.
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John Backhouse - 09 June 2009
From recent survey work I've done over the previous 6-12 months with employees, the increase in the percentage feeling secure in their jobs may be due to the fact that many organisations have made cuts and those who remain feel their organisations will struggle to get even leaner; or may even have told them there will not be any further cuts. Plus the sample in employment over the previous year has changed. Some individuals who may have been concerned over job security even before the recession kicked in, either due to their organisation struggling or because they themselves felt in a threatened position, may no longer be there in employment. From focus group work, and from feedback during workshops/presentations of survey results, employees have themselves been saying they feel more satisfied with their employer and job not always because it is necessarily any better, but because they are just thankful to have a job. In the past they would have been negative about many more issues in the workplace but are literally taking the attitude of 'beggars can't be choosers'. Having said that, my main message when delivering employee survey results to directors has been; just because your employees are happy to have a job it isn't an excuse to forget about them or become complacent that they will still perform however we treat them.
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