Love Recruitment did a survey of its clients to find out what bothers people the most in the office. Given my curiosity about employee engagement, these are things I had never really considered. If people just want to get on with their day there is a lot of ‘noise’ that can get in the way.
- 47% dislike time-wasting emails such as jokes, video attachments or irrelevant group emails.
- 18% dislike mobile phones ringing
- 16% dislike colleagues taking smoke breaks
- 10% dislike personal hygiene
- 9% dislike swearing
What bothers you in the office? What about Instant Messenger or Facebook?