Good morning!  I'm Kerry J Harrison at the business desk and today I'm rushing to get my blog in.  We were down for the last two days so I apologize for any inconvenience.

Today I'd like to bring your attention to a very concerning trend that seems to be creeping into our workplace and I think that we all need to be very mindful of it.  It's a trend that is very dangerous and if we allow it to take possession of our workplace and our boardrooms we could be in for a rude awakening because it could very well affect such things as company morale, productivity, teamwork, and relations between employees and management.

According to a recent survey that was carried out by Notre Dame university, 77% of workers in America admitted to knowing of others who were either jealous or envious of others but added to this is that 50% of those surveyed admitted to being actually jealous or envious themselves.

The survey identified that the majority of employees surveyed talked about two main reasons for jealousy and envy and these were persons with so-called cushy jobs, and those who were making more.  I remember that a few years ago when I was a consultant for a large American bank, one of the policies of this bank was that employees were not allowed to discuss their salaries at work and to some extent it worked but I don't think that any company can really stop its employees from either finding out or discussing what others make. 

Many experts are starting to turn their attention to this growing trend and they are trying to find some useful suggestions for both companies and employees.  This is a very intricate and difficult problem to tackle and I myself am not sure what the solution could be.  In a previous blog that we published this week we talked about some top Canadian companies that were using lavish events to reward, keep, and motivate their employees and this may be a starting point re this situation.  However, there probably would always be those who would accuse management of rewarding their favorite employees. 

With regard to the cushy job problem, I'm afraid that's something that will probably be an issue in the workplace but it would be up to management to pay closer attention to it and do their best to address it.  There are certainly ways that companies could look at in order to make certain jobs less cushy but they would have to make a real effort to address it. 

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