Getting feedback from managers and coworkers is critical to boosting performance, yet for many people it’s not happening as often as it should.
Indeed, 21% of workers say they never get valuable feedback on how to improve at work, according to the latest reading of an ongoing query by Comparably. The results are as of June 13 and include the responses of more than 10,000 workers in the technology industry.
An even split
No single response was more common than any other: workers were about as likely to say they “never” get valuable feedback as they were to say “every week,” “once a quarter,” “once a month,” or “once a year.” Still, the implications of that are important: to “never” get feedback or get feedback only once a year is a problem.
Workers in administrative roles most likely to say “never”
People who work in administrative positions were more likely than any other to say that they never receive valuable feedback on how to improve (32%).
Workers in sales, product, HR, and finance had the lowest percentage of people who say they never get feedback (16% to 17%).
Sales:
Product:
HR:
Finance:
Workers in HR and executive roles get the most frequent feedback
Thirty-percent of workers in HR and 28% of workers in executive roles get valuable feedback every week on how to improve in their jobs.
HR:
Executive roles:
