December 2006/January 2007 | Current Webpolls
Top 2007 Organization Priority
In our first December 2006/January 2007 poll, the vast majority of respondents, 46 percent, said revenue growth is their firm's top priority this year, followed by product, service or process innovation (19 percent) and improved customer service and relations (12 percent). The number of respondents saying their firm places a priority on cost containment and "other factors" was tied at 8 percent each. And employee retention and "none of the above" were top firm priorities for 4 percent of respondents.
Related: Innovation ranked second in our poll. Read more about innovation in the music industry on our Blog and add your thoughts.
Cost of Living Increases
The results of our second poll were more straightforward. A third of respondents reported that their organization always provides workers with an annual cost of living increase. Tewnty-seven percent said their firms "usually" provide this increase on wages, and an even 20 percent said their companies "sometimes" do, as well as "no way."
Related: Read a Workforce Management article from our HR Corner/Articles in the News archive on how a cost of living survey may employers adjust pay.
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