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â??No recognition' for employees

Employees do not feel valued by their company or their colleagues, according to a report released today. The research was conducted by the Workplace Intelligence Unit, which sounds like a secret government agency, but is in fact an independent body which aims to improve workplaces across the country.

The research found that half of those questioned felt their work was not valued by their employer and their company does not act in their best interests.

It also emerged that four out of ten people felt their colleagues did not value their time, often turning up late to meetings or cancelling at the last minute. 30% admitted colleagues not showing respect for other people’s views was a big problem within their workplace.

However, it is not all doom and gloom for workplace camaraderie, with nine out of ten workers admitting to staying late to help a colleague meet a deadline. Four out of five said they had stayed on more than two occasions in the last six months.

Last week we heard that a cake manufacturer had conducted a survey to find out the happiness levels of people in the UK. It turns out that the Workplace Intelligence Unit was co-founded by office furniture providers Herman Miller. The company unsurprisingly used their research to advocate comfortable office furniture as a route to improved workplace relations.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .