Only 22 percent of IHs say managers express a genuine interest in employees. Thirty-five percent say employee ideas are truly valued. Fifteen percent say managers understand their EHS problems. Seventeen percent say managers' EHS responsibilities are spelled out and tracked. Morale is absolutely lower than at any time in the past 20 years.
People are just kind of angry.
There's more outsourcing and use of temporary workers. In this climate, the low job satisfaction expressed by IHs hardly seems surprising. When many IHs look outside their organizations, they wonder where the have regulators gone. Inside, many work with tight resources and morale problems. Through interviews with professionals in the past year, ISHN finds the most bullish and upbeat ones are involved with technology.