Company culture has deteriorated since the pandemic, report staff

New research highlights that almost half of staff surveyed believe the culture of their organisation has deteriorated since the pandemic. According to a new study by Staffcircle, over two-fifths of employees (42 per cent) report their company culture deteriorating since the beginning of the pandemic. This has caused many problems for employers including an increase in the number of people choosing to leave their job as well as a less engaged workforce overall. Almost half of employees (43 per cent) reported a drop in their engagement levels – a problem which HR teams have also noted with 43 per cent similarly identifying this as a problem in their company. However, a significant issue which HR teams may not be aware of is lack of communication. When asked about this, less than half (46 per cent) of employees say they have been adequately communicated with during the pandemic. However, when HR leaders were questioned regarding this, the vast majority (97 per cent) believe they do this well. This lack of communication also extended to companies and their mission statements – with close to four in five firms (79 per cent) failing to update their company mission statement since COVID-19 began. All