Poor company management damaging worker performance

Adam Saville
clock • 2 min read

Better deployment of group products and corporate benefit strategies could increase workplace productivity

Almost of half (45%) of employees say that their employer does not improve their productivity and almost a fifth (16%) feel that poor management is having a negative impact on the quality of their work, research by Canada Life Group Insurance has suggested. Of the 1,000 employees surveyed, nine out of ten (88%) rate their productivity at 70% or above, while of the three quarters (76%) of staff who feel their productivity is being negatively impacted at work and a fifth (22%) blame workplace culture, including poor management and lack of recognition. Workplace environment, meanwhile, was ...

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