That’s whey the income opportunity market has persisted forever… people universally want to fire their boss, be their own boss, and do their own thing. But now as the pressure builds in the Wal Mart economy to squeeze everyone more and pay less and less, the pressure is building to outrageous proportions.
As employees feel increasingly disenfranchised, they work against the organization and, not surprisingly, think their bosses should star in a Dilbert Cartoon.
Their fundamental beef? The disagree with this statement: “My supervisor, or someone at work, seems to care about me as a person.”
Here’s what the Gallup Survey said:
The Gallup Management Journal (GMJ) surveyed U.S. employees to discover if employees would fire their boss — and what effect workplace engagement might have on their willingness to give their boss the boot. Gallup researchers studied employee responses to see which factors differed most strongly among engaged employees (26% of respondents) and those who were not engaged (56%) or actively disengaged (18%). (See graphic “The Three Types of Employees.”)
The results of this poll show that 24% of employees in the United States would fire their boss if given the chance. Not surprisingly, engaged employees aren’t the ones wanting to bid their manager farewell. Just 6% of engaged workers say they would fire their boss if they had the chance, while 51% of actively disengaged associates would get rid of their leader if they could.
Image courtesy Gallup Management
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