Employees Want Greener Employers

You must hear one of the most popular buzz words around right now constantly. "Green". Whether you believe that global warming is an elaborate hoax, or is a true issue, you aren't likely to get away from hearing about all the Green Projects, and celebrity endorsements of a Greener Way of Life. You can probably attribute a lot of this to Al Gore's low vision aids from his Nobel Prize winning documentary (if you really want to call it that) "An Inconvenient Truth".

Not just in the news, but the average employee is chiming in on the need for a Greener World.

Nearly 60 percent of 2,281 workers surveyed by Adecco USA, a Melville, N.Y.-based human resources firm, said they felt their employers should be taking more steps to reduce or recycle waist. Among all respondents, women and younger employees were the biggest supporters of workplace green practices.

Many employees also felt businesses tended to exaggerate their environmental policies, adding that green practices play a role in their choice of employer. Still, only 31 percent said they would take a pay cut for the sake of the environment.

Of course you have to take these leading surveys with a grain of salt. Who exactly is going to say no to questions like: "Do you think your employer should do more to recycle?" ? Seriously. Who would? Not many. So realistically you can say these surveys are rather insignificant, unless that is you are one of the peopel that don't think about polls that way. Many people do not, and the headline says it all.