15 Surprising Workplace Statistics
Posted: December 1st, 2016
15 Surprising Workplace Statistics
Written by: Jo Garcia | August 16, 2016
Do you ever sit at work wondering why your employers, co-workers, or employees do what they do? What makes them tick? Here are 15 workplace statistics from 2015 that will surely surprise you:
1. Employees with strong work friendships are 50% more satisfied with their jobs.
2. Happy employees are 10-times less-likely to take sick days than unhappy employees.
3. To be happier at work, 36% of employees would take $5,000 less a year in salary.
4. 37% more sales are produced by salespeople who are happy in their work.
5. As of December 2015, more women graduated from high school, graduated from college, and earned post-graduate degrees than men, by 10%.
6. Over 1/3 of newly hired employees will quit their job after about six (6) months
7. 40% of employees who receive inadequate job training leave their positions within the first year.
8. The top 5 factors contributing to job satisfaction are:
(1) Feeling like an active and important part of a team
(2) Job Security
(3) Opportunities to use skills and abilities
(4) Individual’s compensation/salary, and
(5) Organization’s financial stability
9. Over 30% of all businesses are owned and operated by women, as of April 2015.
10. The average employee is productive for 33 minutes of every hour worked.
11. Over 40% of mothers (single and married) in the USA are now the sole or primary source of income in U.S. Households.
12. People with a, “Best Friend” at work are 7-times more likely to engage fully in their work.
13. It has been calculated that 35% of employees started looking for a new job if they didn’t receive a pay raise within 12 months.
14. 76% of employees want opportunities for career growth, and consider opportunities for career growth to be one of the top three non-financial work-motivators.
15. Because of the gender wage gap, the average working woman, by the age of 65, will have lost more than $430,000 over her working lifetime versus men.
*These statistics have been gathered by multiple statistical data and are accurate as of 2015. Some percentages have changed with time.
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