Employers are prioritizing employee job satisfaction more and more these days, especially since workplace satisfaction has been decreasing over the past 20 years.
The idea of working exclusively for a pay check at the end of the month does not satisfy people's craving for career fulfilment according to a recent survey.
Menomonee Falls, WI-based ERP and CRM company Workwise[1] recently conducted a survey on workplace satisfaction to find out more about what would please workplace employees.
The most common perk that companies offered was flexible hours (43.1 percent), followed by free snacks (35.33 percent) and tuition reimbursement (21.33 percent).
On a scale of one to 10, the technology industry scored well with a score of 7.45, narrowly beaten by marketing (7.55), real estate (7.63), and government (7.81).
Employees in the insurance (6.90), financial (6.60), and retail (6.25) industries are the least satisfied with their jobs, respectively.
More money doesn't equal more satisfaction at work either. When salaries are more than $85,999, job satisfaction actually begins to decrease. Over half (51 percent) of respondents said that they would stay at a job they dislike if they were offered more money, followed by a better work/life balance (12 percent).
A solid work-life balance is more valued than good benefits and paid vacation. Almost three out of four (70 percent) people were satisfied with their work-life balance, and only 13 percent of people were dissatisfied or very dissatisfied.
Marketing professionals, whose job it is to communicate effectively to audiences, were by far the most likely to say (64 percent) that their team has communication issues.
Financial professionals were the least likely (20 percent) to report communication issues. Under a third of respondents in