Case 3.4 What does an Employee Want?

An academic study was conducted across various IT companies to find out the percentage hike in
the compensation (pay package) at which employees are ready to forgo better growth and
development opportunities. For this, they have developed a questionnaire as presented below. Go
through the questionnaire and answer the following questions:

1. What were the research objectives and information needs of the study?

2. How would you evaluate this in terms of fulfilling those objectives?

3. What are the problems in the questionnaire? How would you suggest correcting them?

Research Questionnaire

Name: _______________________________________

Working as: _______________________________________

Name of the organization: _______________________________________

E-mail ID: _______________________________________

Dated: _______________________________________

Please fill the following questionnaire:

1. Are you currently employed in the IT sector?

• Yes

• No

If yes, then continue.

2. Are you a permanent employee?

• Yes

• No

3. Marital Status

• Single

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• Married

4. Work experience till date

• Less than 3 months

• 3 months-1 year

• 1-3 years

• 3-5 years

• More than 5 years

5. Work experience in this organization

• Less than 3 months

• 3 months-1 year

• 1- years

• 3-5 years

• More than 5 years

6. Mark your salary bracket (All figures are in INR)

• Less than 20,000

• 20,000-30,000

• 30,001-40,000

• 40,001-50,000

• Above 50,000

7. Do you find sufficient growing opportunities in your current organization?

• Yes

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• No

8. What is your priority?

• Compensation hike

• Current growth opportunity

9. Does your superior's view affect your decision of selecting pay hike or growth opportunity

• Yes

• No

• Can't say

10. Please rank the following growth opportunities as per your priority (Ranks: 1 to 7)

• Promotion

• Onsite (working abroad at Onsite)

• Training • Higher Education (MBA, MS, etc.)

• Switching to a better company

• Better working environment

• Better assignments

11. What is the minimum hike in package at which you will be satisfied even when you are not
getting any of the above mentioned growing opportunity?

• 0-5 per cent

• 6-10 per cent

• 11-15 per cent

• 16-20 per cent

• 21-25 per cent

• More than 25 per cent

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12. Is money the only factor to continue your current job?

• Yes

• No

13. At what percentage hike in package are you willing to forego?

(a) The promotion opportunity

• 0-5 per cent

• 6-10 per cent

• 11-15 per cent

• 16-20 per cent

• 21-25 per cent

• 25-30 per cent

• More than 30 per cent

• Not willing to forego at any percentage hike

(b) The training opportunity?

• 0-5 per cent

• 6-10 per cent

• 11-15 per cent

• 16-20 per cent

• 21-25 per cent

• 25-30 per cent

• More than 30 per cent

• Not willing to forego at any percentage hike

(c) The onsite opportunity (working at the site)

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• 0-5 per cent

• 6-10 per cent

• 11-15 per cent

• 16-20 per cent

• 21-25 per cent

• 25-30 per cent

• More than 30 per cent

• Not willing to forego at any percentage hike

(d) Higher education opportunity?

• 0-5 per cent

• 6-10 per cent

• 11-15 per cent

•16-20 per cent

• 21-25 per cent

• 25-30 per cent

• More than 30 per cent

• No willing to forego at any percentage hike

(e) Company-switching opportunity?

• 0-5 per cent

• 6-10 per cent

• 11-15 per cent

• 16--20 per cent

• 21-25 per cent

• 25-30 per cent

• More than 30 per cent

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• Not willing to forego at any percentage hike

(f) Better working-climate opportunity?

• 0-5 per cent

• 6-10 per cent

• 11-15 per cent

• 16-20 per cent

• 21-25 per cent

• 25-30 per cent

• More than 30 per cent

• Not willing to forego at any percentage hike

(g) Better assignment opportunity?

• 0-5 per cent

• 6-10 per cent

• 11-15 per cent

• 16-20 per cent

• 21-25 per cent

• 25-30 per cent • More than 30 per cent

• Not willing to forego at any percentage hike

(h) Working in the city of your choice?

• 0-5 per cent

• 6-10 per cent

• 11-15 per cent

• 16-20 per cent

• 21-25 per cent

• 25-30 per cent

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• More than 30 per cent

• Not willing to forego at any percentage hike

14. What do you consider yourself, as per the following:

• Underpaid

• Overpaid

• Paid as per the industry standards

15. Please mention any other growing opportunity which according to you is important but is not
provided by your current organization.

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16. Any other feedback you would like to share.

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