Study: Morale low at a quarter of workplaces

[Mr Paul C. Paz]

November 18, 2009, 9:06am PST Study: Morale low at a quarter of workplaces Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle) Workplace morale is flagging in some offices. In a study, 23 percent of 2,900 polled workers said their current organization’s employee morale is low. The CareerBuilder survey indicated that 40 percent of those polled said they have had difficulty staying motivated at work in the last year and 24 percent do not feel loyal to their current employer. Thirty-eight percent said they felt there was departmental favoritism at work, which could contribute to low morale, and 28 percent said they don’t think their department is important to senior leadership. About 40 percent said their stress level at work is high and 47 percent said their workload has increased in the last year. About 20 percent are dissatisfied with their work/life balance. The survey was conducted by Harris Interactive between Aug. 20 and Sept. 9. Chicago-based CareerBuilder is partly owned by Redmond computer giant Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), as well as Gannett Co. Inc. (NYSE: GCI) and the McClatchy Co. (NYSE: MNI).