Coworker Competitiveness Going Up

"A new survey by Office Team, finds that 46% of executives interviewed, believe competition among their employees has gone up in the last 10 years...

To accumulate the information, executives were asked, "In your opinion, are employees more or less competitive with their coworkers than they were 10 years ago?" Their responses:

• Significantly More Competitive- 12%
• Somewhat More Competitive- 34%
• No Change- 24%
• Somewhat Less Competitive- 23%
• Significantly Less Competitive- 3%
• Don't Know- 4%"

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CareerBuilder.com Survey Reveals How Many Workers Commit Office Taboos

So where do you fall, or might you care to note something interesting about your coworkers?...

via creativepro.com: "Ever wonder why you can't seem to get anything done in the office? It may be because your co-workers are preoccupied with something other than work. 'Workplace Taboos' is a new CareerBuilder.com survey, conducted by Harris Interactive of more than 5,700 workers. The most common workplace taboos that workers admitted to taking part in include:

• Falling asleep at work (45 percent)
• Kissing a co-worker (39 percent)
• Consuming alcoholic beverages while on the job (21 percent)
• Stealing from the office (22 percent)
• Spreading a rumor about a co-worker (22 percent)
• Snooping after hours (18 percent)
• Lying about an academic background (4 percent)
• Taking credit for someone else's work (2 percent)"