Employee Retention Survey

Employee Retention Survey



Chart Your Course International
Job Satisfaction and Employee Retention Survey

Chart Your Course International conducted the Job Satisfaction and Retention survey in August 2004.

We first published this survey in 2001.  In 2004 we expanded the survey and conducted two variations to include a General Business and a Healthcare version.

Key Findings

  • Salary has risen to become the top issue as why people will "stay," or "leave" their organization for another.

  • The number of people considering leaving their current employer for another has increased since the first survey in 2001.

  • "Communication" issues have increased in importance as to what causes low morale and causing "dissatisfaction" at work.

  • Question 12 indicates a large portion of untapped potential in the workforce. Over 70 percent of the respondents indicated they had ideas/suggestions that could be used to improve productivity between 30-60 percent.

 

 

1) What are the reasons you stay at your present job? (Check all that apply)

 

Challenging job assignments    %
Salary    %
Interesting work %
Benefits   %
Flexibility in work hours %
Good boss %
Feel like we have a purpose %
Work assignments vary %
Pride %
Location is convenient %
Feel appreciated for what I do %
Career opportunities %
Makes me feel good %
Relationships %
We are a team %
Autonomy %
Have friends at work %
Like to travel %
No time to look for new job %
Bring pets to work %
Other %

    

2) How would you rate the supervisors you work for now? (Check one)

 

Poor

Average

Very good

Exceptional

Does not apply

 

3) Do you feel your company has your best interests at heart? (Circle one)

 

Never

Sometimes

Most of the time

All the time

 

Survey conducted by Chart Your Course International http://www.chartcourse.com

 

4) How important is company loyalty to you? (Circle one)

  1. Not important

  2. Important

  3. Very important

  4. Highly important 30%

5) How important is feeling appreciated for your work by your coworkers and superiors? (Circle one)

  1. Not important  %

  2. Important  %

  3. Very important   %

  4. Highly important  %

6) Are you presently considering leaving your job for another? (Circle one)

 

Yes

No

Maybe

 

7) Was the attitude of your direct supervisor/manager the primary factor in you quitting a previous job? (Circle one)

 

Yes

No

 

8) To improve your workplace environment what would you like to see your executives/supervisors/managers do? Check all those that apply

 

69%
46%
39%
37%
36%
36%
30%
26%
17%
7%

 

9) How confident are you that you can find a better job somewhere else? (Circle one)

  1. Not confident 

  2. Confident 

  3. Very confident 

  4. Highly confident 

10) What causes you the greatest dissatisfaction at work? (Check all that apply)

 

33%
27%
23%
20%
20%
20%
19%
18%
16%
15%
9%
 8%
6%

 

 11) What would be the greatest single thing your company could do to improve retention? (Check one)

 

Train their managers better %
Listen to employees more %
Be willing to try something new %
Pay more %
Select their managers better %
Set the example first %
Hire better people %
Better benefits %
Other %
Nothing %

 

12) On a scale of 1 (Lowest) to 10 (Highest) how would you rate the efforts of your company to retain good people? (Circle the number)


End Survey


The survey was conducted by Chart Your Course International, a talent management located in Conyers, Georgia. Gregory P. Smith is the President and author of the book, Here Today Here Tomorrow: Transforming Your Workplace from High Turnover to High Retention.


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