Addison Group 2017 Workplace Survey

Edelman Intelligence / Copyright © 2016
2017 Annual
Workplace Survey
1

Edelman Intelligence / Copyright © 2016 2
Who? How many? how? When?where?
Respondents currently
employed in a part-time or
full-time white collar
position
(18+ years old)
N=1,000United States 20 minute
0nline survey
The survey was
fielded on April 18th,
2017 and April 19th,
2017
Edelman Intelligence conducted the fourth year of Addison Group’s Annual Workplace Survey. With previous waves having focused on a wide array of
topics including a multigenerational workforce, manager/employer dynamics, the gig economy, and the role of advanced degrees, this year the team
took a deeper dive into the future of the workplace, polarities in workforce, and job seeking and corporate culture.. .
Methodology

Leadership
3

Business Leaders put significantly more faith in the
future of corporate America than lower level staff
C1: Thinking about Corporate America overall, do you think businesses are headed in the right direction, or off on the wrong track?
Senior
Management/
Leadership
Management
Staff Level
C-
Suite
86%
Of C-Suite Leaders feel that
Corporate America is Headed
in the Right Direction
Of Staff level employees that
feel Corporate America is
headed in the right Direction
76%
69%
54%

Disconnects between leadership and staff occur
at the “human level”
C1b: Do you think the following aspects of business overall are headed in the right direction or off on the wrong track?
87%
83% 82% 82% 82% 80% 78% 78%
74%
56% 53%
61%
75% 75%
43%
48%
53%
67%
Training Staff for
the Future
Hiring the Right
People
Loyalty to
Customers
Innovation Properly Using
Technology
Loyalty to
Employees
Ethical
Leadership
Retaining Top
Talent
Engaging a
Diverse Staff
C-Suite Staff Level
-36% -36% -26% -46% -38% -32%
Confidence Things are headed in the right direction

Leaders feel that they are talking about changes
coming to the workplace, yet staff level employees
are feeling unprepared for change
Had a conversation about the future
of the company with their employer
Confident Companies in their industry
are prepared for Changes Coming to
the workplace
C-Suite Senior
Management/
Leadership
Management Staff Level
83% 79%
65%
44%
C-Suite Senior
Management/
Leadership
84% 87%
77%
67%
C3: In the past year, has your employer provided information to you or had a conversation with you about the future of where your company or industry is headed?
C4: How prepared do you think companies are for changes that are coming to the workplace?

Lower Level staff cannot be loyal to a company
that they do not trust.
100%
95%
91%
84%
98%
90%
86%
73%
C-Suite
Senior Management/
Leadership
Management
Staff Level
Agreed They Trust
Their Company
Agreed They are loyal
to their Company
Believe an Employee can Be loyal
to a Company they Do not Trust
61%
44%
39%
30%
B8: Please indicate your agreement with the following statements. (Top 2 Box)
E2: Do you think an employee can be loyal to a company that they do not trust?
Staff level employees
are 26% less likely to
trust their company
than C-Suite leaders.

WomenaremorelikelythanmentofeellikecorporateAmericaisheadedin
thewrongdirection–regardlessoftheircurrentindustry.
C1: Thinking about Corporate America overall, do you think businesses are headed in the right direction, or off on the wrong track?
C2: Thinking about your industry overall, do you think the industry is headed in the right direction, or off on the wrong track?
Corporate America Headed
in the right Direction
59%
70%
My industry Headed in the
right Direction
76%
79%Male
Female

Furthermore,Womenholdfewerleadershippositions,andhaveless
responsibilityinthehiringormanagementofemployees.
No
67%
Yes
33%
Women who Manage
other Employees
No
70%
Yes
30%
Women Responsible for
Hiring
C-Suite
Senior
Management/
Leadership
33% 41% 48%
66%
67% 59% 52%
34%
Female
male
Positon Breakdown by
gender
No
43%
Yes
57%
men who Manage
other Employees
No
50%
Yes
50%
men Responsible for
Hiring

Males, Millennials, and senior management are more
likely to challenge the status quo
E5: As an employee, how likely are you to challenge the status quo if you do not fully align with the decisions that your company is making? (Top 2 Box)
60%
Are willing
to challenge
the status
quo if they
do not
believe in or
align with
the decisions
a company is
making
Male
66%
Female
55%
Millennials
68%
Gen X
59%
Boomers
48%
C-Suite
89%
Senior
Management
87%
Management
69%
Staff
Level
46%
Willingness to challenge the
status quo by Demographic
Women are about 10% less
likely to challenge the
status quo than men.

However, almost all c-suite leaders believe that all
employees should have a voice in decision making.
E6: Now we are going to look at a few statements about the workplace, please state how much you agree with the following. (Top 2 Box)
Companies should listen to employees before
making decisions rather than being directive
C-Suite
96%
Senior
Management/
Leadership
86%
Management
88%
Staff Level
88%

Future of
the
Workplace
12

C-Suite Leaders and Senior management are more
aware of changes coming to the workplace
C5: In the past year, which of the following topics have you heard about in discussion related to the workplace?
46%
42%
40%
37% 36%
27% 26%
24% 23%
43% 41%
51%
43%
37%
24%
41%
27%
30%29%
32%
30%
33%
26%
14%
23%
17%
21%
14%
11%
23%
17%
14%
4%
17%
5%
9%
Virtual Reality Internet of
Things
Automation Mobile
Integration
Artificial
Intelligence
Chatbots Robotics Generation Z Bring Your Own
Device
C-Suite Senior Management Management Staff Level
Awareness of changes coming to the workplace

This could be because C-Suite leaders are the only ones
receiving communications
C7: In the past year, how often have the following things been discussed with you or communicated to you by your employer? (Top 2 Box)
81% 81% 80% 79% 78% 77%
74% 73% 72%
68%
65%
59%
56%
48%
52%
56% 54%
49%
44%
50% 52%
37% 37% 39% 37%
43%
31%
16%
20% 20%
9% 10% 10% 8%
11%
8%
Automation Mobile
Integration
Connected
Devices
Artificial
Intelligence
Robotics Virtual Reality Generation Z Bring Your Own
Device
Chatbots
Level of communication to employees

When it comes to the integration of technology,
generally people feel prepared
C6: Thinking about where you currently work, how prepared do you think your industry is for the following? (Top 2 Box)
91% 89% 88% 87% 87% 85% 83%
79% 79%
86%
78%
65%
57%
75%
62%
54%
62%
56%
73% 73%
55%
46%
61%
43% 42%
51%
43%
53%
56%
34%
25%
40%
22% 22%
25%
21%
Mobile
Integration
Connected
Devices
Bring Your Own
Device
Generation Z Automation Artificial
Intelligence
Robotics Virtual Reality Chatbots
Preparedness for changes that are coming

Although varied across levels, employees recognize
changes coming to the workplace will impact them
C8: How big of an impact do you think the following things will have in your day-to-day job in the next five years? (Top 2 Box)
88% 86% 86% 84% 82% 81% 81%
78% 78%
92%
81% 81%
71%
78% 78%
75%
71%
60%
69%
62%
70%
55%
50%
58%
48% 49%
46%
56%
48%
53%
34% 32% 33%
29%
33%
24%
Connected
Devices
Automation Mobile
Integration
Generation Z Artificial
Intelligence
Bring Your Own
Device
Virtual Reality Robotics Chatbots
Level of impact changes will have on my job

awareness of Gen z is low, even though employees feel
their company knows how to integrate gen z
Are generally
aware of Gen Z
Have talked about Gen
Z with their Employer
Believe their industry
is prepared for Gen Z
Think Gen Z Will have an
impact on their Job
Believe Their company knows how Gen z
will work with current workforce
Thoughts
on GEN Z
57%
46%
41%
25%
11%
C-Suite Senior
Management/
Leadership
88%
73%
63%
42%
Breakdown By level
C-suite leaders have the most confidence
when it comes to integrating Gen z

44%
33%
27%
15%
49%
38%
35%
24%
C-Suite Senior Management/ Leadership Management Staff Level
Currently In Five Years
18
Staff level employees believe their jobs will become
increasingly automated in the next 5 years
C9: Currently, how much of your day-to-day job is automated?
C10: In five years, how much of your day-to-day job do you think will be automated?
Average level of job Automation
12% 17% 28% 65%

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