The American workforce is minding its manners, claiming to be buttoned up while buckling down in the office. In a workplace etiquette-themed survey released today by Randstad USA, a workforce solutions company, behaviors that interfered with work performance rated high among employed U.S. adults as their biggest “pet peeves” in their place of business.
32% of employees listed “loud talkers” as one of their biggest pet peeves in the office, even more than cell phones ringing (30%), use of speakerphones in public areas (22%) and using personal digital assistants (PDAs) during meetings (9%).
A total of 2,318 employed adults was surveyed online by Harris Interactive for Randstad’s Job Bites survey on workplace etiquette.
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