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Half of All Tech Workers Surveyed Think Their Workplace Is 'Unhealthy' (wfaa.com)
"Half of tech employees think their work culture is toxic," reports one Texas news site, citing a new survey by Blind:
Blind, an anonymous work talk app, asked more than 12,000 tech staffers to respond to the statement: "I consider my current workplace a healthy working environment." Slightly more than half, 52 percent, said the survey statement was "false," versus nearly 48 percent who responded with "true."
Intel was named the tech company with the least healthy work environment, by 48.5 percent of its employees, followed by Amazon at 46.5 percent, and eBay at 44.5 percent. Employees who consider their workplaces healthier work at LinkedIn, where 17.3 percent responded true, followed by Google, at 23.7 percent, and Uber, at 29.7 percent.
It depends on how you define "unhealthy," of course -- but it'd be interesting to hear how Slashdot's readers respond to the same question. So leave your own thoughts and reactions in the comments.
Is your work environment unhealthy?
Intel was named the tech company with the least healthy work environment, by 48.5 percent of its employees, followed by Amazon at 46.5 percent, and eBay at 44.5 percent. Employees who consider their workplaces healthier work at LinkedIn, where 17.3 percent responded true, followed by Google, at 23.7 percent, and Uber, at 29.7 percent.
It depends on how you define "unhealthy," of course -- but it'd be interesting to hear how Slashdot's readers respond to the same question. So leave your own thoughts and reactions in the comments.
Is your work environment unhealthy?
+1 exactly. They need to define "toxic" too. Typical nonsense "reporting" by the "mainstream media":
>"Half of tech employees think their work culture is toxic," reports one Texas news site"
So not agreeing with a statement that the workplace is "healthy" means it is "toxic"?? I might not agree that chocolate cake is "healthy" but that doesn't make it "toxic." I fact, in moderation, as part of a balanced diet, it isn't "unhealthy" either.
This is meaningless junk news. As for why someone might not agree with a statement like "healthy workplace", one might say false for a zillion wild reasons, like:
* I am not healthy, having nothing to do with the workplace
* My employer doesn't offer the health insurance program *I* want.
* My employer offers only sugar for coffee in the break room.
* I don't like my loud co-worker.
* I have no place to exercise on my break.
* My employer supports having a smoking area.
* My employer doesn't support the "standing desk" fad.
* I lost 30 pounds and my employer doesn't care.
* OMG, I heard a rude joke while at work.
* I got a sexually explicit spam Email at work.
* I can't work from home where I am more comfortable.
* My employer does or does not perform drug testing.
* My employer doesn't have a health savings account plan.
* I don't feel "safe" at work because of [*]
* The owner of my employment doesn't agree with my political views.
* I didn't get that 25% larger kewlness monitor I wanted.
* I don't like wearing ties.
* I can't bring my "emotional support" animal with me.
* Someone GETS to bring their loud, annoying, flea-ridden, allergy-causing animal with them.
* My parking is too far away.
* I don't like my keyboard.
* My boss doesn't care about my feelings.
* I can't adequately control the temperature of my work area.
* There isn't hand sanitizer on every desk.
* I can't use my sick time the way I want.
It goes on and on and on...