Nearly one in three employees is de-motivated in their current role, with 43% going as far as to say they plan to leave in the next year because things have got so bad.
These are the findings from people management standard setters, Investors in People UK.
According to the research, the top three de-motivating factors for employees were: unreasonable workload (18%), feeling underpaid (18%) and lack of clear career path (17%). For those who have been in their role for one to two years, lack of a clear career path (24%) was the most de-motivating factor, followed by workload (17%) and pay (16%).
Overall, nearly half of employees claim their organisation has failed to continue supporting their career development beyond their initial induction period. Over a quarter of employees also said they felt unsupported by their managers.
Commenting on the findings, Simon Jones, chief executive at Investors in People UK, said: “This research reveals a worrying picture, not only because such a significant proportion of UK employees are de-motivated, but because it suggests that valuable employees may be heading for the door. It’s also important to highlight that employees that have been with an organisation for just one to two years are most likely to want to leave, given nearly half claim their employers focus their efforts on the initial induction stage but then, as employees settle in, let employee development fall down the list of priorities.”
Other interesting findings from the research include:
- De-motivation is highest within larger companies with 39% of people in organisations of 5,000 or more saying that they are either not very or not at all motivated, compared to 30% in organisations of between 50 and 250 people.
- Motivation is lowest amongst public sector workers, with 41% saying that they are either not very or not at all motivated and 44% claiming to be less motivated than they were a year ago. Employees in the public sector are also the most likely to be thinking about leaving their job.
- Employees in the North East are the least motivated in the UK, with 38% saying they are either not very or not at all motivated and 52% thinking about leaving their job in the next year.
In related news, HR Zone recently reported that managers are motivated by challenging and interesting work and not salary.
