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4 in 10 workers would rather sacrifice colleagues than take pay cuts

London, Wed, 05 Oct 2011 ANI

London, Oct 5 (ANI): A new survey has found that four in 10 workers would rather lose a colleague than take a pay cut themselves.

 

A total of 38 percent of workers admitted that they would prefer for a colleague to lose their job than to have their own pay packet reduced.

 

The ruthless approach of a large proportion of employees highlights how money is the main motivating factor in the workplace for many people, according to Officebroker.com, the office space company that carried out the survey.

 

Chris Meredith, head of sales at Officebroker.com, said that despite the high number of people who would rather lose a colleague than lose salary, six out of ten people said they would be happy to take a drip in earnings to save a colleague's position.

 

"Nearly two thirds of those polled said they would be willing to take a pay cut to keep somebody else in the job which shows just how important a good team ethic can be in the workplace," the Telegraph quoted Meredith as saying.

 

However, he added: "For some people, money is their sole motivating factor so it's no surprise that more than a third of those surveyed said they would be happy to see a colleague fired if it would benefit them financially."

 

The survey also found that caffeine was shown to be more of a priority for office staff than saving the environment.

 

Despite most large companies launching green initiatives to increase the environmental awareness of their staff, almost six in ten of the 500 workers polled said they rather sacrifice green initiatives than lose the coffee machine at work. (ANI)

 


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