Posted on: Sunday, June 3, 2007
Give boss fake excuses for being late? You may not need to
Compiled by John MacIntyre
Percentage of all workers who admit to making up excuses to explain their tardiness, according to the CareerBuilder.com survey, "Late to Work": 25
Percentage of hiring managers who say they don't care if their employees are late, as long as their work is completed on time with good quality: 44
Percentage who say they would consider terminating an employee if he/she arrives late two or three times in a given year: 20
WHAT DADS REALLY WANT
Percentage of dads who most want new tools for Father's Day, according to a survey conducted by Dodge Magnum and Ipsos Insight: 37
Percentage of dads who most want a new car for Father's Day: 29
Percentage of fathers who have caught themselves doing or saying something their father used to do or say: 80
SHOPPER SATISFACTION
Percentage of consumers who said that not being able to find a salesperson is the most critical retail shopping issue, according to the "Retail Customer Dissatisfaction Study"conducted by the Verde Group and the Baker Retail Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School: 33
Percentage of all consumers who report that they are ignored by sales staff, receiving not so much as a smile, greeting or even eye contact: 25
Percentage of shoppers who say that this lack of engagement turns them away from the retailer permanently: 3
PROVIDING FOR HEIRS
Percentage of high-net-worth individuals with estate-planning documents who instruct heirs to meet specific requirements to receive inheritances, according to the results of a survey by PNC Wealth Management: 30
Of those who have attached stipulations to their will or trust, percentage who have earmarked funds to be used for education: 77
Percentage who have identified funds to be used for basic needs (such as housing): 46
Percentage who have set aside funds for the next generation: 29
POWER OF SUGGESTION
Percentage of business executives who report that they are highly likely to buy a product or service based on word of mouth, according to a study of U.S. and U.K. executives conducted by the market research firm Keller Fay Group and sponsored by Jack Morton Worldwide: 50
Percentage who pass on what they've heard to others: 49
CITIES, BY ROAD RAGE
Ranks of Miami, New York and Boston as the least-courteous cities, according to the "In the Driver's Seat Road Rage Survey" commissioned by AutoVantage: 1, 2, 3
Ranks of Portland, Ore., Pittsburgh and Seattle/Tacoma as the most courteous cities, displaying the least road rage: 1, 2, 3
SEE YA, CEO
Percentage of CEOs at the world's 2,500 largest public companies who left office in 2006, according to a survey of the conducted by Booz Allen Hamilton: 14.3
Chance that a departing CEO was forced from office in 1995: 1 in 8
Chance that a departing CEO was forced from office in 2006: 1 in 3
IT SKILLS
Percentage of chief information officers who think the area in which their IT staff could most use improvement was technical abilities, according to a survey developed by Robert Half Technology: 25
Percentage who said project management skills: 23
Percentage who said verbal and written communication abilities: 15
AIR TRAVELERS' DESIRES
Ranks of a bed, gourmet food, massages and premium liquor as the top in-flight luxuries that airline travelers would pay extra for, according to a survey by TripAdvisor: 1, 2, 3, 4
SENIOR MOMENT
Estimated number of people age 65 and older in the United States, according to the U.S. Census Bureau: 37 million
Percentage of the population this represents: 12
Projected number of people age 65 and older in the United States by the year 2050: 87 million
Currently, the estimated number of Americans who are at least 100 years old: 80,000
IDLE THOUGHT
"He who would be a leader must be a bridge."
— Welsh proverb
John MacIntyre's e-mail address is johnmacintyre@bwr.eastlink.ca
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