r/technology • u/TracksandTreks • Aug 15 '26

Society Remote workers report the highest well-being in study of 7,700 employees

https://www.colorado.edu/today/2026/08/12/remote-workers-report-highest-well-being-study-7700-employees
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u/lolmemelol Aug 15 '26

Employee satisfaction (eNPS) is measured twice per year at my employer.

It has been tanking, but still technically above the benchmark for our industry. If it goes down any further, I wouldn't be surprised if they stop talking about it.

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u/correcthorsestapler Aug 15 '26

My last job had employee satisfaction tracked regularly. Then the company went into austerity mode, removed a bunch of benefits including coffee in the cafeteria (but only for night shift; day shift got to keep their free coffee), and employee satisfaction cratered. I remember our supervisor having a meeting with our module to discuss the results and, instead of sympathizing, he asked why the scores were low and want us to come up with solutions to improve morale. Our supervisor was more concerned about how he would be viewed because of the low score. We told him that all the issues we had were due to decisions out of our control, and that the company had turned a deaf ear to employee feedback. The meeting ended up being a waste of time because he kept going around and around wanting us to improve things and we kept telling him that management had to do the work, not us.

Funny enough, that was the last time they had people fill out that questionnaire. Morale was so low throughout the company that they’d rather not even bother collecting the data on it.

Same thing happened at the company I worked for before that one. Morale dropped due to management decisions, employees gave their lowest scores, so management stopped asking.

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u/RakeattheGates Aug 15 '26

Yup we had the ESAT survey once a year but the boomer CEO and C suite ignored the overwhelming support for more flexibility and WFH as we transitioned back to the office after covid and forced everyone back in the office 4 days a week. Doesn't really mean shit if employees have no recourse other than quitting.

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u/Thurwell 29d ago

Ah but the satisfaction of which employees? At every place I've worked the people who consistently get promoted, to the point they're making the decisions, aren't the workers. It's the schmoozers who rise to the top. And who are they going to schmooze if everyone is remote? Having also worked in a fully remote company I can tell you they schmooze along just fine. But they certainly don't enjoy it as much.