Turn the Lowest Job Satisfaction in Two Decades into good news

The January 5th lead article from PRNewswire quoted a survey for the Conference Board which found that only 45% of those surveyed were satisfied with their jobs, and that 22% did not expect to be at their current jobs in the next year. The report further revealed the lowest satisfaction ratings were found for those under the age of 25 and that “interest in work” was down almost 19% since 1987.

You might think that with actual unemployment figures hovering around 18% those working might be thrilled to have any employment; but in fact the opposite is true. Dissatisfaction is a contagion that knows no bounds and respects neither position, place, ability nor acumen. The solution is not one of action, but one of understanding.

The Employee Satisfaction Research Application Analysis is broken down into five components allowing you to select the area of interest and time allocated for study. I use the term “study” so you will not be misled to believe these are things you can check off your to-do list and move on to important things. These are important things. To appreciate the gravity of this report just take 22% of your employees and multiply that number by 1.5 times their annual salary and you will have some idea of the financial ramifications of this research, and that does not even include those “retired on the job”. I would encourage you to read the Disclaimer so you understand why this is so different from my keynote presentations, as well as the Ideas in Action article which provides an easy to follow ten-step process for putting these ideas to work for you.

1. Improving Job Satisfaction: an Employee perspective

2. Employers: Ten Actionable Ideas for improving Employee satisfaction

3. Disclaimer: Keynote vs written word

4. Ideas in Action: Ten steps for transforming your organization through Employee-conducted training.

5. A personal case study: How MSI is learning from our newest client.