"Majority of Employers Happy to Lose at Least One Staff Member"

In the october 08 issue of The Recruitment Consultant, we read this little gem;

92 per cent of employers would change at least one member of staff, given the chance while 17 per cent of that figure said they would happily change their whole team according to research!

Only 8 per cent of employers were completely satisfied with every member of staff according to the survey of over 870 UK bosses conducted by www.Skillbase.com.

The poll also found that 86 per cent of employers felt at least one member of staff acted completely differently to how they acted during the interview; 62 per cent of which felt employees had exaggerated and / or lied on their C.V. about their knowledge and experience.

74 per cent of the business managers surveyed claimed that at lease one member of staff appeared unmotivated and unsatisfied at work and felt this affected their performance.

Sam Fianu, co-Founder of Skillbase.com commented : “As someone who has always been passionate about my work and careful when recruiting members of staff, I find it worrying that so many people are clearly unhappy with their job and so many employers are unsatisfied with members of staff.”

Interesting stuff - what are your thoughts? Any similar reflections in your company?