GQR Research shows only a third of British workers offered regular training
Just one in three British workers have regular training opportunities at their workplace, and those opportunities that do exist tend to go to older workers in higher-status jobs. These findings are from GQR polling for the Trades Union Congress, released today.
The poll of over 3000 British workers shows 33% had regular training opportunities at work over the past year, while about a quarter (24%) are in workplaces offering no training apart from new starters’ induction. Workers in the A and B social grades (managers and professionals) were twice as likely to get regular training as those in the D and E grades (routine manual and casual workers), at 40% compared to 21%. The age group least likely to have regular training is the 18-24s, at 28%.
We also found that many workers feel they have little or no voice at work: 41% say that big changes happen at work with no staff consultation, while a fifth (21%) say suggestions from staff are ignored by management. Furthermore, 22% say people are stressed at their workplace and management does nothing about it.
The research contributes to the TUC’s work on its Great Jobs Agenda, more information is here.
GQR Research conducted an online poll of 3,287 respondents in work in Great Britain, during 11-24 August 2017. The results were weighted to the national profile of working people, by age, gender, ethnicity, region and job characteristics: full/part time contract, public/private sector and industry.
Data tables for the poll are available to download here.
For more information, contact GQR’s London Vice President Peter McLeod, on Twitter @mcleodp or info@gqrr.com.