Metrics

Where time gets wasted at work

11/26/2014

Today’s knowledge workers spend only 45% of their time on primary job duties. The other 55% is squandered on meetings, email and administrivia. Here’s what workers say causes lost productivity.

What do kids want to be when they grow up?

11/25/2014

Good luck trying to recruit the kids these days. A new survey found that they most want to be superheroes and celebrities.

The most engaged workers have a female manager

11/11/2014

Employees whose supervisor is a woman are more engaged in their work than those who work for a man, 33% to 27% respectively.

Women lead more in developing economies

11/04/2014

Female executives in emerging nations have had more success breaking the glass ceiling, according to Grant Thornton’s 2014 “Women in Business” report.

Americans rank restaurants best of all business sectors

10/17/2014

The restaurant industry gets four stars from the American public. It achieved the highest positive ratings in a Gallup poll that asked consumers to rank 24 business sectors on a scale ranging from “very positive” to “very negative.” What else got positive reviews?

Top 10 most prestigious jobs

10/10/2014

Doctor tops the Harris Poll’s latest list of most admired occupations. More than 2,500 Americans were asked to rate the relative prestige of various jobs. Here are the top 10.

47 hours: That’s the average American workweek

09/29/2014

If you’re envious of workers who put in their eight hours a day and then go home, you’re not alone. Americans work an average of 47 hours per week, according to Gallup’s annual Work and Education Survey.

Employees’ personal data could transform HR

09/08/2014

Privacy advocates may squirm when big data is used to profile workers—but many of those workers may not mind.

Annual EEO-1 survey data due back to EEOC by Sept. 30

08/28/2014

It’s time to file your annual EEO-1 survey with the EEOC. If you received a letter in July indicating that you must file an EEO-1 report, you have until Sept. 30 to do so.

Telecommuting not as prevalent as you might think

08/27/2014

Only 2.6% of the U.S. workforce (3.3 million people, not including the self-employed or unpaid volunteers) considered home their primary place of work, according to Global Workplace Analytics, a San Diego-based consulting and research firm that focuses on the business case for emerging workplace strategies.