64% Of Tech Professionals Are Uninspired In their Current Roles
Is the Covid-19 WFH situation draining you of inspiration? On Blind, an anonymous professional network, with 3.6M verified users, 64% of professionals claim it is.
The platform ran a survey from 9/21- 9/25 and had ~ 1,600 responses. The survey asked the following questions:
- Are you afraid to be punished when you make a mistake at work?
- Does your manager provide frequent feedback on your work and projects?
- Do you currently feel inspired in your current role?
Key Learnings:
- 44% of surveyed professionals state that they are afraid to be punished when they make a mistake at work
- 71% of Intuit professionals say they are afraid to be punished for their mistakes
- 57% of Amazon professionals say they are afraid to be punished for their mistakes
- Only 31% of Paypal professionals say they are afraid to be punished for their mistakes
- More than half surveyed professionals state that their managers provide frequent feedback on their work and projects
- 74% of Linkedin professionals say their managers provide frequent feedback on their work
- 71% of Facebook professionals say their managers provide frequent feedback on their work
- 75% of Bloomberg professionals say their managers provide frequent feedback on their work
- 64% of surveyed professionals state that they are not inspired in their current role
You can see the report highlighting the overall responses here.
A user at Adobe asked the platform “Any hope in recovering lost faith in management? Once you hit the point where you have lost faith in your manager/director/leadership team – be it from multiple frustrating experiences, finding a hopeless lack of vision, too much micromanagement, churn, or other realizations that cause friction and leave you feeling unsupported and uninspired – can you ever recover from that? I worry that there’s a mental threshold that I have crossed that I may not be able to come back from. Maybe it is time for a change?”
Consistent communication is a crucial component for any high-functioning remote team. What else does it take to create a culture where employees get work done, remain accountable, and stay connected from far away?
For starters, trust your employees and try to regularly meet with management. In organizations where people are punished for taking risks, employees can be afraid of harsh criticism or even discipline. People need to trust that they are safe to seek help so that issues can be addressed and quickly resolved before they fester into full-blown problems.
Remote work done right can give employees the space they need to do their best. Trust your employees, schedule regular 1:1a, and allow room for error.