Job Satisfaction and Company Loyalty; Committed or Uncommitted, that is the Question

In a recent press release sent out by TNS, a global market research company, stats gathered from some 880 participants have identified some interesting findings detailing job satisfaction and company loyalty amongst diversified groups of employees.

While the current state of global economies are resulting in even unsatisfied workers being more inclined to hold onto their jobs for the time being, these stats have identified 4 differentiated groups of workers with varying degrees of loyalty, motivation and overall job and company satisfaction.

Stats produced by TNS have segmented employees into four distinguishable groups;

• Workers Committed to both their Job and their Company – Ambassador’s
• Workers Committed to their Company but not their Job – Company Orientated
• Workers Committed to their Job but not their Company – Career Orientated
• Workers Uncommitted to their Job and their Company – Uncommitted

As obvious as it may be, those employees with a greater sense of job and company satisfaction the healthier, productive and balanced their lives are where conversely those who show no commitment to neither their job nor their employer are off ill more frequently, take duvet days more often than others, have lower output or productivity levels, generally suffer from more health issues and tend to experience more severe levels of stress than others.

To further illustrate the extent to which workers are affected by commitment and job satisfaction levels, these are the stats that have been quoted;

Ambassador (48%)

Specialised roles in larger enterprises that strive to create employee centric working environments

Company orientated (4%):

“Brand Loyal” Employee’s (often creative’s and financiers)

Career orientated (18%)

Roles that are established around transferable skills application
Uncommitted (29%)

Sales roles that can be applied to multitude of selling skill or sales industries

While it is encouraging to see that majority of workers are “Ambassadors” with a total of 48% leading the way, the closest following figure points out that 255 people out of 880 are uncommitted to their employers as well as their careers.

Pretty frightening if you consider that we spend more time at work than at home which means there are many unhappy, potentially ill and stressed out people in the world.

I hope that this has provided you with some food for thought and if you feel that you could potentially be of the uncommitted quadrant, that you do something about this and do it quick.

The bottom line is; work is something that we should enjoy and love to do day in and day out. Sure we all have bad days in the office and sometimes can’t bear the thought of having to deal with another task on our “to do” list, but life is supposed to be fulfilling and exciting and at best enjoyable.

Try to find what it is that makes your working world spin round and chase it until you’ve got it.

The only person you are doing an injustice to is YOU and by selling yourself and your career short will force you into the “Uncommitted” corner, which if you think about it, is a really sad and unproductive place to put yourself in.

I hope you all have a great evening and will see you all tomorrow.

- Horrah Friday is just one more sleep away!

Peace Out!

Jo Blog

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