http://www.tecross.com/blog/2006/09/13/job-satisfaction-is-the-grass-greener-on-the-other-side en-us 40 Looking for a job? Get the insider information at Tecross.com <p>We have done a preliminary study of all the surveys we have in-house. Our sincere thanks to those individuals who had taken time to share their opinions on their current and as well past employers. It has been strikingly obvious that people are more critical of their current employer than the previous employers. Also the longer the tenure with the current employer, the mellower the opinion on the past employers. What does this mean? Is it possible that time erases bad memory? People become more forgiving over time? Our initial reaction for this employee behavior is the grass-is-greener-on-the-other-side syndrome. But we found that this is not always the case. There are circumstances where an individual employee still feels the same way even after leaving the company for more than 2 years. If you are looking for a job, make sure to avoid such companies or at least try to understand the problem before you walk-in. On the flip side, it is also a possible case of disgruntled employee situation.</p> <p>To get more understanding on this situation, we did contact few individuals to understand their take on this topic. The common theme is that the current employer often fails to provide the challenges and opportunities that they promised (directly or indirectly) during the recruitment process. Our take is that the result is inconclusive &#8211; it appears our grass-theory is right, however, we have to do more thorough study.</p> <p>So look forward to our detailed study on this subject in the very new future. Meanwhile if you have something to share about your current employer or past employers, visit us at http://www.tecross.com</p> <p>-Tecross Team</p> Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:53:07 -0400 urn:uuid:f0aaeadc-06be-46a1-a6b6-ad0527e3c1d3 http://www.tecross.com/blog/2006/09/13/job-satisfaction-is-the-grass-greener-on-the-other-side Accenture <p>I think it is a well known fact that grass is greener on the otherside &#8211; I would love to see your findings based on more data. These days all my IT friends working are unhappy regardless of the company they work in, not sure why? Any guesses?</p> Tue, 26 Sep 2006 19:30:51 -0400 urn:uuid:405d9db3-f468-4606-81f5-7df857031d9c http://www.tecross.com/blog/2006/09/13/job-satisfaction-is-the-grass-greener-on-the-other-side#comment-35