Fergie's Tech Blog

It's Official: UK workers hate work, office customs, and each other

Lester Haines writes in The Register:

A new survey by RPCushing Recruitment has confirmed what we at Vulture Central have known for years: the UK's desk-bound workers dislike office customs, office outings and more-or-less don't much like the people they work with.

We can all sympathise with the half of workers who resent having to fork out for gifts when someone (selfishly) decides to leave the company. Unsurprisingly, 40 per cent of suits and suitesses "begrudge the culture of the leaver being expected to buy drinks for colleagues", although this is not as sociologically significant as the survey's other findings since it is generally classified as the widespread "tight-arse" syndrome which afflicts many co-workers, normally when in close proximity to the bar.

Far more interesting, and speaking of suits and suitesses, is that one in six snappily-dressed execs don't like "dress-down" days, although we're certain there is not one sysadmin among this number. Despite this, a third of those polled whined that they are under pressure to look their best.

posted by Fergie @ 8/08/2005 06:40:00 AM