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HEADLINE: And the Workplace Grammy Goes to ... Twenty-One
Percent of Working Americans Sing: 'I Try'
DATELINE: SADDLE BROOK, N.J., Feb. 21
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The Grammy Award nominations are in and nearly one-quarter of American Workers
say Macy Gray's "I Try" best defines their working situation.
According to a recent nationwide telephone survey
conducted for AOC by Opinion Research Corporation, nearly one-quarter (21%)
of American workers can relate their working situation to Macy Gray's Grammy
nominated performance "I Try." While only 6% compare their working
life to Aimee Mann's "Save Me," Baha Men's "Who
Let the Dogs Out" got 17% of the sentiment from American workers. Eleven
percent chose 'Nsync's "No Strings Attached" but, only 7% of workers
could compare their working situation to either Nine Inch Nails' "Into
the Void" or Britney Spears' "Oops! I Did It Again." More
than a quarter (26%) of American worker say they can't relate their working
situation to any Grammy nominated song, performance, or album and 6% didn't
know or had no answer.
This survey, which asked American workers to compare
their working life to the Grammy Award nominations, is part of AOC's ongoing
"Profiles of the American Worker(R)" series which summarizes the
opinions, attitudes, and behavior of employed Americans concerning workplace
issues.
For this survey, full and part-time workers were
asked the following: "Overall, which one of the following Grammy-nominated
songs, performances, or albums most closely describes your current situation
at work: 'I Try,' 'Save Me,' 'Oops! I Did it Again,' 'Into the Void,' 'Who
Let the Dogs Out,' 'No Strings Attached,' None of These, or Don't Know/
No Answer?"
Do Women Try More Then Men?
Whether it is a reflection on how women perform
their jobs or how their bosses appreciate them, the survey finds that only
17% of males polled equate their working situation to "I Try,"
while 26% of women can relate to this song.
This survey is based upon telephone interviews with
a representative sample of nearly 1343 adults, 18 years of age and older,
who are employed either full or part time. Interviews were conducted by
Opinion Research Corporation's Caravan between February 8, 2001 to February
12, 2001. The margin of sampling error associated with this survey is plus
or minus three percentage points.
With more than 120 offices worldwide, AOC is currently
a world leader in the placement of temporary and direct-hire accounting
and financial personnel.
For complete survey findings or more information,
contact Samantha Cummis, Public Relations Department, AOC, Park 80 West,
Plaza II, Ninth Floor, Saddle Brook, NJ 07663; 201-843-0006 ext. 290.
SOURCE AOC
CONTACT: Samantha Cummis of AOC, 201-843-0006, ext. 290 or Scummis@Aocnet.Com
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