Shiftboard, a leader in enterprise scheduling software, recently unveiled the results of its State of the Hourly Worker report, which may be of significant interest to all employers in light of the World Health Organization’s recent announcement that it has classified workplace burnout as a legitimate syndrome.
Interestingly, many experts in workplace dynamics believe one way to combat burnout is to give workers more control over not only their work, but their schedules.
Shiftboard’s findings from a survey of more than 2,000 adults in the U.S. reinforce these beliefs. Consider the following:
- Shiftboard found that nearly half of American workers would be willing to take a pay cut if they had more control over their work schedules.
- Shiftboard also asked questions about the drivers of job dissatisfaction. When asked to respond to “My job is a serious source of stress for me,” 60 percent of hourly workers versus 47 percent of non-hourly workers indicated this to be true.
- Shiftboard’s research clearly points organizations to an emerging opportunity to transform their employee-retention strategies by focusing on solutions that give workers more control over their time. One tangible way to do this is with better scheduling processes.
- Finally, when employee satisfaction increases, employers see improvement in retention, labor costs and profitability.
These were just a few of the interesting responses from the more than 2,150 U.S. adults age 18 and over who responded to the survey. For the complete report, please visit The State of the Hourly Worker. Below you’ll find a few of the recent articles about Shiftboard’s findings.
- Yahoo! Finance, Many Employees Value Time Over Money, May 24, 2019
- Bloomberg Law, Perks of Work: It’s All About Control, May 24, 2019
- HR Dive, Hourly workers want work-life balance over pay, survey shows, May 29, 2019
- Seattle Business, How a pay cut could reduce workplace burnout, June 4, 2019
This is an important topic and, with the strongest labor market in the U.S. in 50 years, we anticipate there will be additional reporting about the innovative steps employers are taking to attract talent and keep them happy.
Finally, to give you some context on Shiftboard’s impact, it is important to note the company has helped employers schedule more than 245 million shifts, providing an employment pipeline for more than $3 billion in wages earned.
I know work-life balance is important to me and I look forward to more information on this important topic.
