{"id":1946,"date":"2017-10-20T15:00:30","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T15:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/?p=1946"},"modified":"2017-11-06T22:41:49","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T22:41:49","slug":"hurt-company-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/hurt-company-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Your Boss Hurting Company Culture?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Culture starts at the top &#8212; for better or for worse.<\/p>\n<p>In a survey of more than 5,000 employees across the tech industry, 3 in 10 said their boss actually hurts company culture. The latest data comes from an Oct. 20 reading of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/guest\/culture\/tech\/all-departments\/123-does-your-boss-hurt-your-company-culture\">ongoing query<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/\">Comparably<\/a>\u00a0and dovetails with another report about how most workers say <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/company-culture-leaders\/\">having better leaders<\/a> would most positively impact company culture.<\/p>\n<p><b>A mostly even split<\/b><\/p>\n<p>When asked whether their boss hurts company culture, the response between men and women was only slightly higher among women (35% women vs. 32% men).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1949\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/femm.png\" alt=\"femm\" width=\"892\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/femm-300x35.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/femm-768x90.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/femm.png 892w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Breaking it down further by department, men and women in\u00a0business development were far less happy with their boss&#8217;s impact on company culture than any other group.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1951\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/1.png\" alt=\"1\" width=\"1012\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/1-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/1-768x482.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/1.png 1012w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1950\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/2.png\" alt=\"2\" width=\"1013\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/2-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/2-768x414.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/2.png 1013w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Workers aged 41 to 45 report the highest rates of feeling that their boss hurts culture<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Thirty-eight percent of workers aged 41 to 45 say their boss hurts company culture, the highest percentage of any age group. Rates among workers in other age groups ranged from 32% to 35%.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/guest\/culture\/tech\/all-departments\/123-does-your-boss-hurt-your-company-culture\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1953\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1953\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/aggg.png\" alt=\"aggg\" width=\"796\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/aggg-300x89.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/aggg-768x229.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/aggg.png 796w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Minorities are most likely to feel this way about their bosses<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Forty percent of African Americans say that their bosses are a drag on company culture, followed by 37% of workers who registered as &#8220;other&#8221; and 35% of Hispanic\/Latino workers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/guest\/culture\/tech\/all-departments\/123-does-your-boss-hurt-your-company-culture\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1954\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1954\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/wowo.png\" alt=\"wowo\" width=\"920\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/wowo-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/wowo-768x452.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/wowo.png 920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All figures are as of Oct. 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Culture starts at the top &#8212; for better or for worse. 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