Careerbuilder has released a new survey entitled “Worker Resilience: Post 9/11.” The survey indicates changing employee priorities, with safety being a component of workplace satisfaction chosen by 82 percent of respondents. Now considered more important that perks, bonuses, corporate leadership, job titles and stock options, the survey suggests that employees want a comfortable, dependable and safe work environment. According to the survey, the top 10 job satisfiers are (in order): salary; work/life balance; benefits; relationship with direct supervisor; company location; career growth opportunities; relationships with peers; flexible schedule; workplace safety; company success.
Barry Lawrence, a career expert with Careerbuilder, says, “Sept. 11 forced many workers into a high-alert status. Safety has moved up the list because the comfort of being prepared for a disaster helps workers cope. Workers are moving back to the basics—‘show me the money, let me have a life and keep me safe.’”
Only 53 percent of surveyed workers said their companies had an emergency plan that had been communicated. The majority, 79 percent, said their companies needed to take additional action. Workers indicated they wanted the following: training of employees on disaster preparedness; increasing building security; improved procedures for package and mail handling; allowing more flexibility for working from home; conducting more thorough employee background checks; improved property surveillance (including CCTV and guards); providing medical preventive measures, when necessary (including vaccines and anitbiotics).
