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Volume IX-XII
Worker Productivity and
Stress
Employee output per hour
increased 8.1% in the third quarter of 2009, the largest gain since
2003. The jump is stronger than in many past recoveries, said Thomas A.
Kochan, professor of management at MIT's Sloan School of Management.
Workers are covering the duties of those laid off, as well as the
additional work generated as the economy improves. In fear of losing
their jobs, people are working harder. All that adds up to stress and
fatigue.
A survey by CareerBuilder released November 2009 indicated that 25% of
employers rated their employees morale as low. Seems employers think
their employees are handling it better than they actually are.
On the employee side... Nearly 50% of employees said their workload had
increased in the last six months and 40% said their stress level at work
was high. About 20% of workers were dissatisfied with their work-life
balance.
~ Statistics Source: Los
Angeles Times
Q: Will these extra burdens remain? Or will businesses hire more
people to reduce the extra work on existing employees? The hard times
forced employers to do more with less, and many found it worked just
fine for the business and are enjoying the reduced costs.
Interruptions
According to a 2008 survey
completed by Basex, the typical office worker is disrupted seven times
an hour, resulting in an average loss in productivity of 2.1 hours per
day.
Q: What is disrupting
your staff and how can it be reduced?
Employee Theft
Managers were surveyed and
reported that 38% of them have terminated employees for office theft.
The most reported items stolen? You guessed it - office supplies. Next
up? Money. ~ Source: CareerBuilder
Q: Do you inventory
and monitor office supplies?
Does Vacation Cause
Stress?
The Hudson Survey of
Time-Off Trends stated in 2008 that 30% of managers reported returning
from vacation more stressed than they were before their vacations
started. 34% say their bosses expect them to be accessible, often daily,
during their vacations.
With the added tension of a recovering economy, do you think that has
changed in 2009?
Q: Do you contact
your vacationing employees or expect them to check e-mails daily? Do you
value the benefit of a rested employee? What do you do to support a
reinvigorated employee returning to work?
What is it about employees that keeps you
up at night?
Management-Mentor™
Management
Mentor is produced by Natalie Brecher of Brecher & Associates Inc.
With more than 25 years of executive experience, Natalie knows firsthand how to help
managers lead and employees improve performance. Responsible for a real
estate company with $45 million in revenues and assets valued over $300
million, Natalie has supervised a staff of over 800 to achieve company
goals.