HOUSTON - A new study shows that American workers are sick of being told how much time they are wasting on the job. Challenger, Gray and Christmas, a Houston-based human resources consulting firm, is famous for releasing estimates of how much productivity is lost due to holidays, the NCAA tournament, and other events not related to work. Now their newest study reveals that workers are unhappy with the company's studies.
"We were slightly taken aback by this result," John Challenger said today. "87% of managers were in favor of our reports, but 94% of workers hate them."
Local administrative assistant Karenna Kern is among those who don't care for the studies. "So the peons waste twenty minutes of a work day checking on results of the basketball games. Big deal," she said. "Do you think my boss is in his office working hard all the time? I hear him goofing off a lot. One time he spent hours on killing flies, arranging them into little scenes, and emailing them to his friends. I'd like to see Challenger-Gray-whatever analyze that."
But don't count on seeing any studies of management. "I understand Ms. Kern's frustration," Challenger said. "But there's no way we're going to investigate executives. They're the ones that pay our bills."
