Report: 1 in 3 employees thinking of leaving
The sentiment of the old country song "Take This Job and Shove It" is on the minds - if not on the iPods - of many company employees these days, according to a recently released report.
In surveying more than 65 organizations and 50,000 employees over the last few years, Discovery Surveys Inc., a Sharon consulting firm, has concluded that one out of three employees are seriously thinking about leaving their employers.
In other words, a third of employees can relate to the message of "Take This Job and Shove It," a song made popular in 1977 by country crooner Johnny PayCheck, according to Wikipedia. The second line of the song's chorus? "I ain't working here no more."
Defections on such a scale would be costly to employers so companies are well advised to take some steps to hang onto productive workers, suggested Bruce Katcher, an industrial/organizational psychologist who founded Discovery Surveys.
"In order to keep good employees, it is important to provide them with a sense of personal accomplishment, good one-on-one communication from their supervisors, a commitment to quality, a sense of pride, and confidence in the future," Katcher said in a statement.
Workers who don't have a lot of confidence in their employment future might consider adding another Johnny PayCheck hit to their iPods - "Colorado Kool-Aid" - a reputed paean to enjoying Coors beer in industrial-strength quantities.
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)
