世論 What Japan Thinks

Another ranking survey from goo Ranking took a look at the workplace, in particular what are the characteristics of someone who is bad news in the office.

Demographics

Over the 6th and 7th of June 2011 1,148 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.6% of the sample were male, 12.1% in their teens, 16.9% in their twenties, 28.0% in their thirties, 25.4% in their forties, 9.7% in their fifties, and 7.9% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

For number one, someone in the adjacent team without fail has about one hour on the phone every Friday afternoon and wears a headset, which seems to encourage him to speak louder and upwards. I usually have to leave the office as it puts my stress levels through the roof!

I’m not sure what is the problem about the second 18 answer, however!

Ranking result

Q: What are the characteristics of someone who is a bother at work? (Sample size=1,148)

Rank		Score
1	Has a loud voice so everyone around him can hear conversations they’d rather not listen to	100
2	Hopeless at computers so asks about the same thing lots of times	68.0
3	Always licks their fingers when turning pages	63.7
4	Always looks ill	53.7
5	Always slams down the ENTER key	48.8
6	When walking past his desk invariably has a non work-related site open	47.6
7	Is more interested in finding out about workplace relationships than about work	43.3
8	Spends more time peering at their mobile than their monitor	42.4
9	Only part-time, but gets angry at the full-time staff	37.5
10	Email is filled with off-topic banter, other padding	36.9
11	Email is punctuation-free and difficult to read	34.8
12	Only a new start, but doesn’t mince their words with management	29.0
13	Has an alarm set for the end of the workday and goes home at 5pm on the dot	25.9
14	Always having problems with the printer	25.3
15	One desk drawer is filled with sweeties and snacks	24.4
16	Frequently has computer problems	22.6
17	Can tell if in a good or bad mood by their typing noise and typing speed	21.3
18=	Cracks bad jokes at the morning meeting	19.8
18=	Seems to be living above the level that their salary would suggest	19.8
20=	Frantically tries to find people to go to lunch together with	16.5
20=	Email is too brief so doesn’t get the meaning across	16.5
22	Only thinks about lunch during the morning so does very little work	14.9
23	Always makes mistakes with CC and BCC	13.1
24	More interested in study meetings, conferences for other industries than in work	11.3
25	When party organiser makes it like Japan’s best-conducted event	4.6