Workplace Challenges

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Full-time employees usually spend a lot of time at the office, and interacting with co-workers, while necessary, can be trying.

TALI ARBEL
[ 2007-11-05 ]

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In staffing firm Randstad USA’s survey of employee pet peeves, office gossip was the top vote-getter, with 60 per cent of respondents citing it their primary irritant.

Office workers were also vexed by co-workers’ poor time management skills, with 54 per cent naming that most annoying, while 45 per cent of respondents cited messy common areas.

“Open workplaces are becoming more prevalent,” said Eric Buntin, managing director of marketing and operations at Randstad. “A lot of the pet peeves deal with workplace intrusion...with how people are interacting with each other on a frequent basis. It’s not an individual job anymore; it’s a shared work environment.”

Top workplace annoyances:


  • Gossip — 60 per cent
  • Poor time management — 54 per cent
  • Messiness — 45 per cent
  • Strong smells, such as food, perfume or smoke — 42 per cent.
  • Loud noises — yellers, cell phone rings or speakerphones — 41 per cent.
  • Overuse of phones and other personal communications devices in meetings — 28 per cent.
  • E-mail abuse — 22 per cent.

    • Randstad’s unscientific survey was conducted by Harris Interactive in July. Respondents were U.S. adults who agreed to participate in the online panel.




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