Sharing a laugh with your cubicle buddy isn’t just a way to pass the time — most people in human resources see it as a way of boosting company performance.
Seventy-six percent of HR workers say having fun with their coworkers is “important” or “extremely important” to the company’s success, according to the latest reading of an ongoing query by Comparably. That’s the highest percentage recorded among the departments surveyed, which included workers in engingeering, design, legal, sales and other jobs at tech companies. More than 5,000 professionals across the tech industry responded.
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A bird’s eye view
Sixty-seven percent of all respondents say having fun with coworkers is “important” or “extremely important” to the company’s success. The most popular answers after “important” (40% of the vote) and “extremely important” (27% of the vote) were “neutral” (21%), “slightly important” (8%), and “not important” (4%).
Men see it as more valuable than women
Sixty-nine percent of men say having fun with coworkers is important to company success compared with 54% of women. Women were slightly more likely to say they were “neutral” on the subject.
Fun is just as significant to younger and older workers
It’s not just young workers who place critical importance on having fun — the percentage of workers who say having fun is either “extremely important” or “important” stays mostly across age groups. A snapshot:
18 to 25
36 to 40
51 to 55
The latest data is new as of March 13.
