The No. 1 Thing People Want Their Bosses to Improve? Communication.

Fifty percent of workers in the tech industry say communication is the biggest opportunity for improvement for managers, according to the latest reading of an ongoing query by Comparably.

The second most popular response was “accountability” (20%), followed by “positivity” (14%), “honesty” (9%), and “work ethic” (7%).

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The data is derived from the responses of more than 10,000 workers.

Equal across gender

Women and men were almost identical in their responses.

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By age

Workers in their older years were more likely to choose “communication” than workers in their younger years. For example, 44% of workers aged 18 to 25 chose “communication” as their top priority vs. 59% of workers aged 56 to 60.

Workers aged 18 to 25:

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Workers aged 56 to 60:

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The figures above are from a July 12 reading of this ongoing query.

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