Posted on: Sunday, February 25, 2007
Your corporate cynicism is showing
Compiled by John MacIntyre
Percentage of executives surveyed in the United States, Europe, Asia and Africa who say their companies do not deserve customers' loyalty, according to a survey by the Strativity Group: 70
Percentage of executives who say their company does not deliver unique and beneficial products or services: 51
Percentage who say their products or services are worth the price they charge: 56
THE PLAY'S THE THING ...
Percentage of advertising and marketing executives who say that employees who are passionate about interests outside the job typically perform significantly or somewhat better on the job, according to a study conducted by The Creative Group: 68
DOING YOUR OWN THING
Percentage of U.S. office workers who have been explicitly informed that their at-work technology use is monitored, according to a survey conducted by lawyers.com: 45
Percentage of U.S. office workers who access the Internet for non-work purposes while at work: 69
Percentage of U.S. office workers who make or receive personal phone calls on their work phone: 69
Percentage of U.S. office workers who send and receive personal messages on their work e-mail accounts: 55
LATVIAN HOLD 'EM
Since mid-2004, amount of money won by Sergejs D., a 44-year-old online gin rummy player from Riga, Latvia, according to GameAccount.com, the United Kingdom and Ireland's largest skill gaming site: $33,133
Average annual wage in Latvia: $6,821
BILLION NEW PHONES
Total number of new cell phones shipped to consumers worldwide in 2006, according to a study conducted by the International Data Corp.: 1.02 billion
Number of new cell phones shipped in 2005: 833 million
MAC MAX
Rank of "PC vs. Mac" television ad for Apple Inc. in the United States, "Huggies Rock" in Israel and "Slim" for Levi Strauss & Co. in India as the world's most creative ads, according to AdCracker's annual list: 1, 2, 3
FLEXING THEIR TIME
Percentage of middle- and senior-level professional women who have used some kind of flexible work arrangements during their careers, according to a study by the Simmons School of Management: 90
Percentage of them who used flexible work arrangements at some point to remain employed full time while managing complex lives: 88
HIGH PROFILES
Rank of Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, 3M, Google and Coca-Cola in the national Corporate Reputation Survey measuring the corporate reputations of the most visible companies in the United States and conducted by Harris Interactive: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
POCKET CHANGE
Percentage of Americans who say they remember having used dollar coins to make purchases, according to an Associated Press poll conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs: 49
Percentage of Americans who put loose change in a piggy bank or coin jar at the end of the day: 53
Percentage who keep it with them for purchases: 42
TAX REFUNDS
Percentage of American taxpayers who said they expect to receive a refund this year, according to a survey commissioned by Taxsoftware.com: 58
Estimated number of Americans who say they will give a portion of their tax refund to charity this year: 34 million
Percentage who will use their refund for savings or investments: 58.9
IDLE THOUGHT
"God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages."
— Jacques Deval, writer and director
