Survey Says Workers think Bosses are Dishonest

[RedSonRising]

Not exactly groundbreaking news, a small yet note-worthy look at class consciousness and the levels of discontent with the current capitalist authoritative workplace model, though I wish the statistics were much higher.

http://www.reuters.com/article/smallBusinessNews/idUSTRE59D37L20091014

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A majority of U.S. workers do not think their bosses are honest, said a survey released on Tuesday, and one in four would fire their boss if they could.
Only four in ten workers would take their bosses' jobs if offered, according to the survey conducted for Adecco Group North America, part of Zurich-based Adecco Group (ADEN.VX (http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=ADEN.VX)), a human resources and placement company.


Two-thirds of workers, however, would not change anything about their relationship with their boss, the survey found.
It found 53 percent of workers do not think their boss is honest, a similar number do not think their boss is fair or patient and two-thirds do not think their boss is loyal.


A quarter say they believe their boss is dishonest about their job security, and 28 percent would lay off or fire their boss if given the opportunity, it said.


By a wide margin of 89 percent, workers think their relationship with the boss is important for job satisfaction, the survey found.
The online study was conducted for Adecco by Harris Interactive October 6 to 8, 2009. Harris interviewed a nationwide sample of 2,081 U.S. adults, 1,147 of whom were employed full- or part-time.
A margin of error was not possible to quantify or estimate, the company said.

[Axle]

"THINK" their bosses are dishonest? It doesn't really take too much research to find out how dishonest your boss really is. Nearly all my bosses, past and present, have been at least somewhat dishonest (some a lot more than others).

I'm actually shocked that 89% of the people surveyed think that a relationship with the boss is important to satisfaction. It doesn't really specify what kind of relationship, though...but I've got to assume its the coworker-alienating, kiss-ass type of relationship.

[cyu]

I'm actually shocked that 89% of the people surveyed think that a relationship with the boss is important to satisfaction.

Maybe I see the question differently, but I assume a "good relationship" means a boss who isn't always threatening to fire you or forcing you to work long hours. If the boss always gave you and your co-workers every raise you asked for and implemented all the workplace safety requests your co-workers asked for, then obviously I think most of the employees would think their relationship with the boss is a good one.