Survey: 1 In 4 Dissatisfied With Job - 60% Plan To Leave Job In 2 Years

ChannelCincinnati.com ^ | December 1, 2003

[yonif]

CHICAGO -- A recent survey finds that nearly one in four American workers say they are dissatisfied with their jobs -- a 20 percent increase over a similar survey in 2001.

The online job site CareerBuilder.com also said six out of ten workers plan to leave their jobs for other pursuits in the next two years.

[discostu]

Gee you don't think Career Builder might have a slightly skewed sample set. Of course the only person in my department that has any intention of being here next year is the boss... and maybe he wants to leave too but just hasn't told us.

[StolarStorm]

Perhaps it has something to do with a new trend... the executives get huge raises and bonuses while everyone else stays stagnant (because of the economy you know). Responsible management has gone out the door. No longer is morale a consideration. If the serfs complain, outsource them.

[B-Chan]

Jobs blow.

Being self-employed is the only way to go. The only reason I still keep a day job is the health insurance benefit my wife receives. However, I'm working like hell to build my freelance practice to the point where I can afford to pay for private health insurance; that done (I'm about halfway there) I hope to end my days as someone else's employee in 2004.

[discostu]

Don't know, I know the reason where I work is that the company has become so statistic and metric obsessed that you have to log your work day two or three different times and we're all getting bored with that level of stupidity.

I still think a lot of this has to do with who was doing the survey, people that are happy with their jobs and have no intention of leaving probably aren't logging into Career Builder, except for the occasional HR guy making job listings.

[been_lurking]

I hope to end my days as someone else's employee in 2004.

But, as long as you earn, you will still be a part-time employee of your local, state, and federal governments.

Sorry to ruin your day...

[discostu]

Self employment is great if you've got the ideas and are willing to take the risk. Risk I've got no problem with, that's why I prefer start-up companies and am hoping to get back to one next year (no targets yet, just an amorphous goal). Ideas on the other hand I completely lack.

[StolarStorm]

"I know the reason where I work is that the company has become so statistic and metric obsessed that you have to log your work day two or three different times and we're all getting bored with that level of stupidity. "

Sounds like my wife's company. McLeod

[q_an_a]

another reason to like the new health care bill is that small companies like you can join other small companies say as part of a trade group and buy large health insurance coverage at affordable prices and not get kicked out because of a claim. RATS fought this for years.

[discostu]

From the buzz I've been hearing there are quite a few companies seeking to drown in paperwork. Doesn't anybody watch Brazil anymore?

[JNB]

Despite the fact since 72, the Democrats have only had complete control of govrenmnet for 6 years(Carters term and the first two years of Clinton), tax Freedom day went from being March 6th to May 12th. That does not even begin to include the increased medical costs and price of housing as well. I am not blaming Preident Bush for this, but despite the Reagan revelution, the public is still losing ground to govrenment.

[Wheee The People]

The online job site CareerBuilder.com also said six out of ten workers plan to leave their jobs for other pursuits in the next two years.

I'm shocked! Shocked I tell you, that people who visit a job hunting board are planning to change jobs. I must lie down.

[JNB]

Remeber talk of the paperless office, that the information age will eliminate the need for paper, yeah, its worth a laugh now.

[Solson]

Sounds like a good plan to me!

[bondservant]

No! No! No! Don't you get it! When your theory of the jobless recovery is in jeapordy, you need to start positioning your next set of worthless thoughts! 'Well, you see, we might have a lot of jobs created; and everyone might be employed; but, no one is happy in the jobs they occupy. They hate them! It's this Administration's fault!'

Yeah! That's the ticket!

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Gee you don't think Career Builder might have a slightly skewed sample set.

Of course they do. But it is also true that people move on. It is a rare company where the majority of the employees have been there ten years or more. Five is about average. Considering the past two years where people have been afraid to change jobs their figures are likely only slightly high.

And quite often it isn't because they are badly treated, but because they are moving up. A shorter commute, better pay, more flexible hours, a new kind of challenge.

For me it was because I had had enough of sixty or seventy hour weeks and a guilt trip every time I wanted a day off. They paid well, the job was rewarding, but that was all I had time for. So I went looking for a company that was a little more balanced.

[discostu]

It was worth a laugh then. People looooove paper. On that front computers have been a disaster, now people print a copy lose the hard copy and print another. One time I cleaned up my desk and found 4 printouts of the same spec, the same version though with different margin notes.

[discostu]

Oh sure, no doubts here. I've just been seeing these "stories" coming up lately. Like the poster above you said, now that the press can no longer complain about a jobless recovery they're switching tactics to saying we all hate our jobs. Taking any method they can to talk down the economy.

[sarcasm]

What I hate is separating paper which must be shredded from that which can just be recycled.

[tortoise]

Yeah, but I always say that.