Inside Small Business: R-E-S-P-E-C-T does not equal wage equality

“The Snapshot tells us that female employees are more likely to feel respect for their boss, but other data also tells us that they are more likely to be paid less by that boss,” Dr Jenny George said, thus highlighting that respect does not lead to wage equality.

Female workers respect their boss more than their male colleagues – even though they are more likely to be paid significantly less by them – a remaining gap in wage equality.

That is one of the findings in the 2016 Snapshot of the Australian Workplace – a national survey of 1001 workers undertaken by not-for-profit global think-tank, Reventure Ltd.

Australian Financial Review: Millennials more stressed out by technology at work than boomers, survey shows

Millennials more stressed out from having to constantly be connected to technology at work than their gen X and boomer colleagues, according to a new survey.  

The survey by research firm Reventure also found women respected their bosses more than men, nearly half of workers were looking for a new job, and found men were more satisfied with their sleep than women, which correlates with job satisfaction. 

Reventure surveyed 1001 Australians across the three age groups for their Snapshot of the Australian Workplace survey in February this year, via a 15 minute online questionnaire. 

SmartCompany: Yahoo Japan looks at four-day work week: Would it work for your staff?

Managing director of HR think tank Reventure Lindsay McMillan says in Australia, we have reached the definition of a flexible work culture and the task is now to get people to have a break from screen.

While a four-day work week may not necessarily be on the cards for Australian businesses, there are things that businesses can do to keep good staff – and there are a number of people dissatisfied with their current arrangements.

“From a study that we did with 1000 Australians, more than 40% of workers are looking for a new job in the current year,” McMillan told SmartCompany.

“If employees don’t have an alignment with [the job] and their purpose and meaning, they just leave.”

ABC Online: Young people 'experience stress from being constantly connected'

Not-for-profit company Reventure conducted an online survey of 1,001 people on workplace stress. Forty-six per cent of overall respondents said they felt like technology meant they were "always on" and couldn't ever completely switch off.

For young people, the survey results were worse. Fifty-four per cent of young people said they had experienced "technology stress" sometimes or often.

"Whilst technology has undoubtedly increased productivity and connectedness, it seems to be having a troubling impact on work patterns and the ability of workers to switch off from their job," lead researcher for the company, Lindsay McMillan, said.

 

Triple J’s Hack: Lead researcher Dr Lindsay McMillan talks tech stress

Fast-forward to 18:16min to hear Dr Lindsay McMillan talk about Reventure’s research - how the increased use of technology in the workplace creates greater levels of stress and leave people feeling they always have to be available.

Not-for-profit company Reventure conducted an online survey of 1,001 people on workplace stress. Forty-six per cent of overall respondents said they felt like technology meant they were "always on" and couldn't ever completely switch off.

For young people, the survey results were worse. Fifty-four per cent of young people said they had experienced "technology stress" sometimes or often.

"Whilst technology has undoubtedly increased productivity and connectedness, it seems to be having a troubling impact on work patterns and the ability of workers to switch off from their job," lead researcher for the company, Lindsay McMillan, said.

Lindsay said work-life balance is "vital", and that it's important that ever-present technology "does not negatively impact on healthy relationships and lifestyles outside of work".

Kochie’s Business Builders: Improving employee retention and job satisfaction in an SME

Nearly half of Australia’s workforce is likely to be looking for a new job in the next 12 months – as workplaces across the country struggle to renew in time to cope with modern challenges.

The Snapshot of Australian Workplaces is a national survey of 1,000 Australians including full and part-time workers and the self-employed. It was commissioned by Reventure Ltd, a not-for-profit global think-tank with the mission to undertake research, encourage debate, and lead action for workplace renewal.

Australian Financial Review: Millennials feel more technology stress than Boomers, Gen X

Millennials are feeling more technology stress than Generation Xers and Baby Boomers, a workplace survey has found.

The Snapshot of Australian Workplaces, a national survey of 1000 workers, by human resource firm Reventure, found technology stress was impacting about 54 per cent of Millennial workers compared with  47 per cent of Gen X and 37 per cent of Baby Boomers.

It found 65 per cent of workers agreed that the impact of new and emerging technologies is affecting the way their work was defined and accomplished.

news.com.au: Half of Australian workers unhappy in job

About half of Australia's workers will probably be looking for a new job in the next year because they're disengaged.

The Snapshot of Australian Workplaces, commissioned by global think-tank Reventure Ltd, found that disengagement was driving 49 per cent of those surveyed to eye off a new job.

The top reasons: employees were unhappy with leadership, didn't feel like their job was meaningful or it didn't utilise their strengths.

Business Insider Australia: 5 things you need to know in Australian tech today

Technology is stressing out millennials. And apparently it’s not about being able to find a handy Pokestop. According to the Snapshot of Australian Workplaces by HR business Reventure, more than half of Millennial workers (54%) are freaked by tech stress, ahead of Gen X (47%) and the remarkable chillaxed Boomers (37%) who must still be figuring out how to work a fax machine.

Millennials also top the list for feeling they were “always on and cannot ever completely shut off from work”.

Mind you, about half of the 1000 workers asked said they’re looking for a new job in the next 12 months. Masseur or yoga teacher sounds like a good option if you’re in the youngest cohort.