Morale Low in IT

Tuesday 25th March 2003 by Tony Lock

Meta Group this week released details of its research looking at "IT Staffing and Compensation" and has come up with some interesting findings. Chief amongst these was the result that seventy-one percent of IT managers are now reporting that "burn out" and "low morale" have become serious problems.

Given the state of the economy in general and the pressures that these economic factors are exerting on IT budgets, this result may not be too surprising. Many companies have cut the financial resources available to support their IT services and these reductions have often resulted in direct job losses and in indirect losses through an increased uptake of "Outsourced" and "Managed" services. Low morale is almost to be expected.