Monster Poll Reveals 90% of UK Workers Do Not Take Credit For Their Colleagues' Work

London, July 27, 2009 – A recent poll by Monster has shown that 90% of UK workers surveyed would not take credit for their colleagues’ work, with 75% stating they like to succeed based on their own merit. The results also found, however, that whilst 15% of workers polled did not take credit for others’ work they have been tempted to do so. A cheeky 7% of respondents stated that they frequently take credit for their colleagues’ work, whilst 3% reported they have only done so once.

The Monster Meter poll recently asked 1919 workers across the UK, “Have you taken credit for someone else’s work?” The key findings were:

No, I get by on my own merit –75%

No, but I have been tempted – 15%

Yes, frequently – 7%

Yes, but only once – 3%

The results showed that the workers in Spain are the most honest, with 85% of respondents stating that they would rather succeed on their own merit. Integrity at work also scored highly in Switzerland and Canada, where 77% and 76% of workers polled respectively stated they strive on their own success rather than that of their colleagues.

The results revealed that workers in Luxembourg take credit for others’ work the most often, with 23% of respondents reporting they did so frequently and 4% stating they have only done so once. 16% of workers polled in both Hungary and Norway also claimed to have frequently taken credit for their colleagues’ work. Conversely, only 6% of workers in Canada and the UK claimed to take credit for their colleagues work often.

The poll results showed that whilst over one quarter (26%) of workers in Finland have not taken credit for their colleagues’ work they have been tempted to. Temptation levels were also high in Norway (21%), Canada (15%) and the UK (15%). In comparison, only 3% of Spanish workers polled stated that they had not taken credit for their peers’ work despite being tempted to do so.

“Honesty and trust are critical to forming strong and valuable workingrelationships and without a basic understanding of what’s acceptable, workplaces can quickly become tense or even unpleasant,” said Julian Acquari, Managing Director at Monster UK. “Colleagues have a huge impact on people’s job satisfaction, work environment and potentially how their career develops. For those people who find themselves in an undesirable working situation there is plenty of guidance on the Monster website on how to reduce stress and stay happy and, if needed, change jobs.”

The results of the current Monster Meter are based on votes cast by Monster.com visitors from: 25th May – 5th June. Only one vote per user is counted toward the final tabulation. The Monster Meter, a product of Monster, the leading global online careers website and flagship brand of Monster Worldwide Inc., is a series of online polls that gauge users' opinions on a variety of topics relating to careers, the economy and the workplace. These polls are not scientific and reflect the opinions of only those Internet users who have chosen to participate. Anyone interested in voting in Monster's current online poll may do so by logging onto www.monster.co.uk.

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