If you’re looking for a grim assessment of the State of the Workplace 2015, here’s some research that’ll fit the bill.  

Kessler International, a firm specializing in business forensics, recently polled upper and mid-level management at 40 professional services firms on the state of workplace manners, etiquette and ethics.

Eighty-four percent of respondents said their staff was inconsiderate and rude. And 65% felt a majority of their staff lacked a moral compass.

Wow.

And check this: Kessler went so far as to list  specific inconsiderate and offensive behaviors these managers have noted:

  • untimely and inappropriate use of cellphones
  • wearing inappropriate clothing to work
  • complete lack of courtesy
  • use of street talk and signs in professional meetings
  • the inability of younger staff to write a letter/email
  • the lack of personal responsibility
  • failure to say please and thank you
  • lying to phone callers
  • hanging up on phone calls when they are confronted and were uncomfortable
  • cheating on time billed to clients and stealing time by arriving late and leaving early
  • cutting corners on work product rather than staying after hours to correct the mistakes they made
  • visiting sex and dating websites on company time
  • sexting on company phones
  • the inability to interact professionally with clients during a business function
  • lack of manners, and
  • lack of integrity.

Bet you’re glad you don’t work in these places

That’s some lineup. We realize that every workplace has its share of problems, but these results seem a tad extreme.

The survey was conducted by asking individuals to anonymously comment on their employees’ use of personal electronic devices, dress, manners, ethics and level of respect for other employees. In fact, some respondents expressed disgust of certain individuals on their staff, as well as their own inability to say something and correct the situation.

They cited their company’s “political correctness,” their own inability to have confrontation and constraints instituted by their human resources department as stumbling blocks.

So what’s your reaction to this research? Is your workplace as miserable as these managers’ seem to be? Let us know in the Comments section below.

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