14% of respondents feel their personal efforts aren’t recognized by management, and another 57% state that recognition sometimes happens but not enough – a total of 71%. This figure is lower than the 76% reported in 2020 and so a move in the right direction. At the same time, 27% of respondents feel valued, up 4% from the 2020 survey.
It’s still not great, given that seven out of ten IT employees feel underappreciated. Still, the level of employee recognition continues to rise relative to the baseline 2019 survey, where the percentages were 83% and 17%, respectively.
Q3. Do you feel that working in IT is adversely affecting your personal wellbeing?
The results are shown in the table below, along with the 2020 responses.
67% of survey respondents state that working in IT has adversely affected their wellbeing to some extent – this is an increase on 2020 but still lower than the 72% reported in 2019. In contrast, 26% have not experienced wellbeing issues, a significant drop from 2020’s 42% and below 2019’s 28%.