Company culture doesn’t just happen. It starts at the top. That’s why bad bosses are such a bummer. In failing to set clear goals, playing favorites, or being passive-aggressive, they’re dismantling the very thing they should be building. And no one benefits from an environment like that, though plenty of people deal with it every … Read full-story
Three in four people say they hang out with their co-workers “once a month,” “once a quarter,” or “never,” according to data by Comparably. Of the more than 10,000 technology workers polled by Comparably, just 17% say they socialize with their co-workers outside of work “once a week” and 9% say they do so “multiple … Read full-story
When done right, meetings can be incredibly productive. But for nearly two-thirds of people, they’re “meh” at best. In a recent query of more than 5,000 workers across the tech industry, 38% of people described their meetings as “average,” and 25% described their meetings as either “poor” or “horrible.” Altogether, that means 63% of people are unimpressed … Read full-story
A query of more than 10,000 tech workers reveals that people who work in the communications are least content with their work-life balance. Fifty-three percent of workers in the communications department at tech companies say they are satisfied with their work-life balance, according to a July 3 reading of an ongoing query by Comparably. Breaking it down … Read full-story
Inhaling a sandwich at your desk might be *your* norm, but it’s not *the* norm. In fact, 53% percent of workers in tech say they generally take an hour or more for lunch, according to the latest results of an ongoing query by Comparably. Workers in industries outside of tech: Workers in tech: Just 1 in … Read full-story
Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft — they’re five of the biggest publicly traded tech companies and fierce competitors in the fight for talent. Since the tech industry has been hit with a barrage of news stories on gender and diversity pay gap as well as culture issues, we were curious to see how employees … Read full-story
Fifty-eight percent of workers say their companies aren’t doing what they should to hold onto them, according to the latest reading of an ongoing query by Comparably. The responses came from more than 1,000 workers in the technology industry as of June 6. HR workers were most optimistic People who work in HR were the … Read full-story
Thirty-three percent of workers aged 56 to 60 admitted to having dated a coworker while they worked at the same company, according to data from Comparably. The data is from a June 2 reading of an ongoing query of more than 5,000 workers in the technology industry. Your chances increase with time Thirty-three percent was the … Read full-story
