IT managers, senior business executives, or upper management in a whole are not attracting attention to the average IT employee. These average IT employees are becoming deemed as high risk employees to the company. One reason could be due to the importance of the IT department in a company today as the IT department is vital to production. Another reason could be because of the lack of training and experience it takes to fill an IT position. Each company has it's own way of dealing with roles inside the company, and the learning curve in IT can be strenuous when attempting to become capatible with a new company's environment. According to a recent study, the IT department scored lower than any other segment of U.S. worker in a recent loyalty study. .
According to "The Walker Loyalty Report: Loyalty and Ethics in the Workplace," just 20 percent of technology workers considered themselves truly loyal. Loyal meening, having intent to continue to work with the company for two or more years. By comparison, the insurance industry has the most loyal employees with 40 percent describing themselves as truly loyal. Walker Information, an Indianapolis based business research company firm, surveyed 2,400 full and part-time employees aged 18 and over and weighed the results against the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics as of June 2003. .
Since the first loyalty study in 1999, scores for IT workers have declined in virtually every category. Many of these revolve around evaluations, pay and training. In 1999, 53 percent of IT workers concured with the statement that their organization cares about developing people for long-term careers. That number sank to 42 percent this year. While 69 percent of IT workers said they were paid fairly in 1999, just 57 percent say so as of today. Meanwhile, 12 percent in 1999 said they did not agree to being paid farily and currently in 2003, 24 percent say the same. .
In addition, 85 percent of IT workers surveyed said they were highly motivated to do their work well and 75 percent said they would go above and beyond the call of duty.