The state of employee engagement in tech
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Sources of dissatisfaction among IT employees
"I'm as mad as hell and I'm not gonna take this anymore!"
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I would prefer a Dolly Parton reference. Fact: Good employers don't survey their employees. Ergo: Any employer which surveys it's employees is not good. Outcome: Any employer which thinks it might not be good and then performs a survey will find that it is indeed not good. It is a self-fulfilling prophesy. This is, of course, made even worse when the employer brings in "outside consultants" -- who make money by selling "solutions", not by saying "no, you're fine". Plus, you can't monitor a system without altering its behavior.
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I would prefer a Dolly Parton reference. Fact: Good employers don't survey their employees. Ergo: Any employer which surveys it's employees is not good. Outcome: Any employer which thinks it might not be good and then performs a survey will find that it is indeed not good. It is a self-fulfilling prophesy. This is, of course, made even worse when the employer brings in "outside consultants" -- who make money by selling "solutions", not by saying "no, you're fine". Plus, you can't monitor a system without altering its behavior.
[Edit] Sorry, didn't mean to post this as a reply to your post. Let me ask my little friend. Q. On a scale of 1 - 10, how happy are you at work? A. Are you serious? Is this some kind of sick joke? Q. Is your promotion and career path clear to you? A. Only if Code Monkey can be considered a "career path". Of course, this is completely dependent on how much excrement you care to apply to your nasal cavity. Q. On a scale of 1 - 10, how much opportunity do you have for professional growth in this organization? A. Only if you are not considered to be one of the many code monkeys. Q. On a scale of 1 - 10, how well does your organization support you in exploring your professional interests and goals? A. Support you say, what means this word? The organization, i.e. management, is there to lash the wipe and keep the monkeys grinding code. Support does not enter into the equation. Chart: Top five reasons employees feel they lack opportunities for career growth. Response: All of the above. Q. On a scale of 1 - 10, how valued to you feel at work? A. -55, on a good day, give or take 3.14159 points. Q. Has a supervisor given you any recognition in the past two weeks? A. That's a good one right there. Two weeks, how about two years, unless you can consider being referred to as a good "coder" (the quotes are literally how the term was used). Q. Can you recite your organization's vision, mission, and cultural values? A. Almost by heart, but it seems to me there is no interest in applying those things to employees, at least not in IT. Q. On a scale of 1 - 10, how would you rate the match between your personal values and the organization's values? A. Actual values that the company portrays everyday or what's been written down and everyone blindingly pretends is happening? Q. On a scale of 1 - 10, how would you rate your relationship with your coworkers? A. It would help if there were anyone you actually consider to be a coworker. In all honesty, the only reason I'm still working here, is the gratitude I receive from my users and the fact I know I'm serving those users and making their jobs easier and more efficient.
"...JavaScript could teach Dyson how to suck." -- Nagy Vilmos
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https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/443262/Graph_1-1.png?t=1441295836133[^] IT people are generally less happy because they understand statistics and die inside every single time when they are confronted with this kind of nonsense.
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Yeah, my answer is, "I was perfectly happy until your stupid survey arrived in my mailbox; now I'm royally pissed off and it'll take me at least an hour to get my train of thought back you malodorous pervert!"
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Ignorance is bliss. I guess IT folks are just a little less ignorant :)
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