A weekly roundup of the HR surveys from Buck, Tessian, Prodoscore, and Limelight Networks
Financial Well-being†programs were popular even before the COVID-19 pandemic, finds Buck’s HR Survey
BuckOpens a new window , an integrated HR and benefits consulting, technology, and administration services firm, has just released its new financial well-being and voluntary benefits survey. As per the findings, “financial stress†is a top motivator for organizations to invest in financial well-being programs. 40% of the employers stated that “addressing financial stress†is the prime reason for increasing voluntary benefit promotion.
The survey was conducted from late 2019 to February 2020. The responses were collected from 164 U.S. firms, which represent more than 3.6 million U.S. employees across industries. This indicates that even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, most companies were aware of the financial stress that employees might be experiencing.
Nearly half of employees have made mistakes that had cybersecurity repercussions
Tessian,Opens a new window an email security firm, shared that 43% of U.S. and U.K. employees have made mistakes resulting in cybersecurity repercussions for themselves or their company. One-quarter of the responding employees shared that they have clicked on links in a phishing email at work. In addition, almost half (47%) of employees said that distraction was a top reason for falling for a phishing scam.
58% of employees have also admitted to sending a work email to the wrong person.
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90% of workers are open to their employer seeing their daily productivity, as per the Prodoscore Survey
ProdoscoreOpens a new window , a productivity software, shared results of a new survey that explains the attitudes of U.S. employees across companies of all sizes and different industries, toward visibility, productivity, and other work-related topics. The findings showed that a significant majority of the employees – 90% – are open to their employer being able to see information related to their daily productivity. In response to a question on what will be most beneficial to their productivity, the #1 answer by the employees was “visibility software.†One of the drivers of this openness to employers’ use of visibility tools connects to the recognition of the work employees are doing.
“One of the benefits of Prodoscore is being able to better understand employee engagement. We learned early on that an employee’s score is a clear indicator of their level of engagement. We actually had 2 employees leave the company within 60 days of rolling out Prodoscore and when we looked back at the data, we saw their scores start to taper off and continue to decrease up until they gave notice. It was really telling. We have seen firsthand how good a predictor employee scores are of behavior.†– Joe Mignone, Chief Customer Officer, DTiQ.
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82% of Brits expect more people will use online learning after lockdown
A high number (82%) of Brits expect that more people will be using video-based online learning after the lockdown ends. This is as per the latest research on How Video is Changing the World from the content delivery provider, Limelight Networks. Almost two-thirds (65%) of people in the U.K. found video-based resources helpful during the lockdown since they were learning from home. Around 30% even attended their first-ever virtual business conference.