Benefits December 12, 2001

Employees Feel Safe at Work Despite Terror Attacks

December 12, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Three-quarters of respondents to a survey believe that their work environment is safe, despite the events of September 11 and the Anthrax scares that followed.
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The survey, which was conducted by TrueCareers, an online career resource from Sallie Mae, found that only a quarter of workers felt unsafe at work. The chief reasons given by those who felt unsafe, were:

  • they worked in a government building, cited by 26%, or 
  • they worked for a high-profile company, noted by 12%

The survey also found that 41% of respondents feel more anxious now than they did immediately following the September attacks because of the war in Afghanistan and the anthrax scares, while 42% fell just as anxious as they did on September 11.

In addition,

  • a third of respondents reported that their employers have made changes to their mail-processing procedures since the anthrax cases,
  • while 20% stated that changes to system security in response to recent threats

The survey comprised the responses of 807 visitors to the TrueCareers Web site.


 

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