{"id":6283,"date":"2019-01-08T14:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T14:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/?p=6283"},"modified":"2019-01-24T23:05:18","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T23:05:18","slug":"study-59-of-employees-feel-their-company-is-innovative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/study-59-of-employees-feel-their-company-is-innovative\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey: 59% of Employees Feel Their Company is Innovative"},"content":{"rendered":"

With so many companies and so much competition, the American marketplace demands innovation and new ideas both in terms of public products as well as company culture practices. Nobody wants to work for a company that\u2019s still acting like It\u2019s 1956 or 1985 outside its doors, or that has a bad record for losing employees to flashier outfits. Engaged employees want to feel that work they are doing is fresh and might make the world a better place, and they\u2019re liable to leave companies that they feel have begun to stagnate.<\/p>\n

As of this writing, nearly two-thirds (59%) of people feel that they company they work for does indeed offer innovation. According to an ongoing query<\/a>\u00a0by Comparably.com<\/a>. More than 5,000 people across the tech sector participated in this query.<\/p>\n

10% Say They Feel Their Company is Stuck in the Past<\/b><\/p>\n

While \u201csomewhat innovative\u201d (30%) and \u201cextremely innovative\u201d (29%) were the clear favorite responses, 10% still accused their company of being hopelessly lost in the modern world. This number may represent those who are simply unhappy with their jobs or their companies in general.<\/p>\n

\"Overall<\/p>\n

Responses were nearly identical when broken down along gender lines.<\/p>\n

\"Male<\/p>\n

The Fresher You Are to The Workforce, The More Optimistic Your Answer<\/b><\/p>\n

Entry-level employees actually chose \u201cextremely innovative\u201d (32%) by a notable 5% margin over the more bet-hedging \u201csomewhat innovative\u201d choice (27%), indicating that more work experience slightly tamps employee enthusiasm for a company\u2019s product as they deal more with the realities of their job.<\/p>\n

\"Entry<\/p>\n

By the same token, veteran employees of over ten years were slightly less enthusiastic about their company\u2019s innovation and nearly twice as liable to accuse that company of being \u201cstuck in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s apparently more going on in San Francisco than there is in Chicago. <\/b><\/p>\n

Employees in San Francisco were the most enthusiastic about their company\u2019s innovations, with 38% choosing \u201cextremely innovative.\u201d Chicago, however, showed a substantial gap between \u201cextremely innovative\u201d (23%) and the more commonly answered \u201csomewhat innovative\u201d (36%).<\/p>\n

\"San<\/p>\n

Chicago<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Chicago<\/p>\n

The latest reading is as of Jan. 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With so many companies and so much competition, the American marketplace demands innovation and new ideas both in terms of public products as well as company culture practices. Nobody wants to work for a company that\u2019s still acting like It\u2019s 1956 or 1985 outside its doors, or that has a bad record for losing employees … Read full-story <\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":6293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,4,3],"tags":[11,36,58],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6283"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6283"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6391,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6283\/revisions\/6391"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}