MUMBAI Oct 13: Majority of the employees quit their “bosses” and not “jobs” says an Assocham survey.
Nearly 69 per cent of corporate employees who quit their jobs complain about the indifferent attitude of their bosses or immediate supervisor, according to a recent survey conducted on the occasion of “Boss Day”.
The aforesaid findings were condensed at a random survey conducted by the industry body on “Employees-Bosses relationship” in which approximately 2,500 executives poured out their responses on their preference of changing job while in work.
Around 55 per cent of the survey respondents fall under the age bracket of 20-29 years, followed by 30-39 years (26 per cent), 40-49 years (16 per cent), 50-59 years (2 per cent) and 60-69 years (approximately 1 per cent).
The survey was conducted in major cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Ahemdabad, Hyderabd, Pune, Chandigarh, Dehradun etc.
A little over 200 employee were selected from each city on an average.
The survey was able to target corporate employees from 18 broad sectors, with maximum share contributed by employees from IT/ITes sector (17 per cent).
Employees working in engineering and telecom sector contributed 9 per cent and 8 per cent respectively in the questionnaire.
Nearly 6 per cent of the employees belonged from market research/KPO and media background each. Management, FMCG and Infrastructure sector employees share is 5 per cent each, in the total survey. Respondents from power and real estate sector contributed 4 per cent each.
Employees from education and food and beverages sector provided a
share of 3 per cent each. Advertising, manufacturing and textiles employees offered a share of 2 per cent each in the survey results.
Around 42 per cent of employees have been a victim of workplace
bullying and almost 56 per cent are bullied by their boss. The survey also found public sector workers are most likely to experience workplace bullying (48 per cent), followed by PSU (37 per cent) and others (15 per cent).
The survey also reveals that the bad bosses could also lead to employee health problems. Around 62 per cent of the respondents said that they have an abusive boss, such as humiliating and insulting employees or isolating them from co-workers. (UNI)
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