Facts and Opinions September 2009

Passing on Vacation

According to a recent survey of 4,400 American workers, 35 percent say they haven't taken or aren't planning to take a vacation in 2009.

Source: CareerBuilder.com, Chicago

Am I Next?

In yet another sign that the slow economy has shaken the confidence of workers, a new survey of 1,278 employed adults finds 41 percent are concerned their company will pay off workers in the next six months, while 24 percent think they could be among the next victims of a payoff.

Source: Employment Confidence Survey, Glassdoor.com, Sausalito, Calif.

Staying Put

In the Workplace Watch survey of 650,000employed adults, 71 percent say they're "not seriously considering leaving" their companies. That figure is up form 65 percent in last year's survey.

Source: Towers Perrin, Stamford, Conn.

Job Satisfaction

when 3.187 employed executives with an average salary of $206,000 are asked if they are either satisfied or very satisfied with their job, these professions rate the highest:

76% Marketing
75% HR
75% Consulting
73% Finance
71% Business Development

Source: ExecuNet, Norwalk, Conn.

Tethered to E-mail

An international workplace survey of 6,167 HR, finance and accounting managers finds they spend an average of 30 to 44 minutes a day outside working hours checking their e-mail.

Source: 2009 Robert Half Workplace Survey, Robert Half, Menlo Park, Calif.

Too Many Jobs?

Working for three organizations in a 10-year period is the maximum amount of job-moving an executive should do in order to remain credible, according to 82 percent of 1,518 international executives surveyed. That percentage is up from 68 percent in 2007

Source: 2009 Executive Mobility Survey, BlueSteps, New York

Gaming the Clock

Twenty-one percent of respondents say they have cheated on their time sheets to gain extra pay from their employer, according to a new survey of 681 U.S. adults who are paid hourly.

Source: The Workforce Institute at Kronos Inc., Chelmsford, Mass.

Insubordination

The act of a subordinate deliberately disobeying a lawful order from someone in charge of them. Refusing to perform an action which is unethical or illegal is not insubordination; neither is refusing to perform an action which is not within the scope of authority of the person issuing the order.

Source: Wikipedia

Human Resources

A term used to refer to how people are managed by organizations. The field has moved from a traditionally administrative function to a strategic one that recognizes the link between talented and engaged people and organizational success.

Source: Wikipedia

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