Job satisfaction has shown a surprise increase across UK workplaces during the autumn despite an overall gloomy outlook, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's (CIPD) quarterly Employee Outlook survey.
The survey of over 2,000 employees represents a bleak picture of employee attitudes throughout the UK, following the £81bn of cuts to public spending announced by Government. In the public sector, one in four (25%) workers believe it is likely they will lose their jobs and 63% say stress has increased as a result of the economic downturn, compared to 54% last quarter. Respondents across all sectors are also three times more likely to report their standard of living over the last six months has fallen (29%) than to say it has increased (9%).
Nearly a fifth (19%) of workers report their organisation is planning redundancies, however among public sector staff the figure is 50% - a 10% increase from the previous quarter. By comparison, only 10% of private sector staff and 17% of voluntary sector workers say their employer is planning to make redundancies. On top of this, 39% of employees say they are under excessive pressure at work either every day or once or twice a week, rising to 44% in the public sector.
Public sector workers are also most likely to report an increase in stress, conflict at work, bullying by line managers and an increase in people taking time off sick, as a result of the state of the economy. All these measures have increased when compared to the previous quarter.
Gareth Osborne of APA said: “This report offers little hope for short term confidence in the workplace; we have a long way to go before normal service will be resumed. In a poor economic climate workers tend to dig-in and settle for what they have rather than allow themselves to become dissatisfied. In these difficult times if you have a job, work hard and hang onto it. If redundancy is inevitable, then they should do some serious research into who is hiring and make their skills fit the employer’s needs – Members can go to the APA Careers Zone for help.”
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The survey of over 2,000 employees represents a bleak picture of employee attitudes throughout the UK, following the £81bn of cuts to public spending announced by Government. In the public sector, one in four (25%) workers believe it is likely they will lose their jobs and 63% say stress has increased as a result of the economic downturn, compared to 54% last quarter. Respondents across all sectors are also three times more likely to report their standard of living over the last six months has fallen (29%) than to say it has increased (9%).
Nearly a fifth (19%) of workers report their organisation is planning redundancies, however among public sector staff the figure is 50% - a 10% increase from the previous quarter. By comparison, only 10% of private sector staff and 17% of voluntary sector workers say their employer is planning to make redundancies. On top of this, 39% of employees say they are under excessive pressure at work either every day or once or twice a week, rising to 44% in the public sector.
Public sector workers are also most likely to report an increase in stress, conflict at work, bullying by line managers and an increase in people taking time off sick, as a result of the state of the economy. All these measures have increased when compared to the previous quarter.
Gareth Osborne of APA said: “This report offers little hope for short term confidence in the workplace; we have a long way to go before normal service will be resumed. In a poor economic climate workers tend to dig-in and settle for what they have rather than allow themselves to become dissatisfied. In these difficult times if you have a job, work hard and hang onto it. If redundancy is inevitable, then they should do some serious research into who is hiring and make their skills fit the employer’s needs – Members can go to the APA Careers Zone for help.”
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