Productivity pressure on rise

Feeling stressed at work these days? Need to become more productive? Need to continue to reduce costs? Stress, stress, stress.
If you feel it, you are not alone as InTech’s annual salary survey reports 70% of engineers surveyed feel increased pressure to improve productivity. Meanwhile 27% said that pressure stayed the same. Only 3% feel less pressure to improve productivity.
Managers agree with the engineers as 71% said they feel the pressure to improve productivity, while 26% say it stayed the same and 3% said it has decreased.
When asked about the pressure to reduce costs, 72% of managers said that has increased, while 25% said it remained the same and 3% said it decreased. For engineers, 70% said they feel increased pressure, 27% said it has stayed the same, and 3% said it decreased.
Just looking at pure numbers is obviously only one aspect in the big picture. Understanding why there is increased pressure and having everyone on the same page are also two key elements to the whole scenario.
Let’s face it, if there is a heightened level of pressure because your company is growing and has a product taking off, then heightened pressure may be welcome.
Do you feel heightened pressure? Talk to me.

These little details are just a few interesting items from InTech’s annual salary survey, for more information read the October issue of InTech.