Human Resources: Workers Share Which Halloween Characters Their Bosses are Most Like in CareerBuilder Survey

CHICAGO, October 27, 2009 Think you need to head to a haunted house to get
spooked this Halloween? Think again some workers report that you don¹t
even have to leave work to get your fill of fright. According to
CareerBuilder¹s Halloween survey conducted among more than 4,000 workers,
nearly one-in-five (18 percent) workers describe their workplace as scary.

Some workers think their workplace is scary because their bosses bear a
strong resemblance to famous Halloween characters. When asked which popular
characters best reflect their boss¹s behavior, workers said the following:

*Glenda the Good Witch, liked and respected by all 20 percent
*The Wolf Man, is fine one minute, howling the next 11 percent
*The Invisible Man, never around 10 percent
*Casper the Friendly Ghost, eager to help, but often misunderstood 9
percent
*Dracula, constantly sucking the life right out of you 6 percent
*Wicked Witch of the West, always acting conniving and sending out minions
to do his/her dirty work 5 percent
*The Mummy, slow-moving and has an ancient thought process 4 percent
*Grim Reaper, constantly delivers bad news and inspires fear among workers
3 percent
*Frankenstein, green with envy 1 percent

In addition to spooky bosses, when asked what the scariest part of their job
was, workers reported the following fear-inducing activities:

*Workload 18 percent
*Performance reviews 9 percent
*Tight deadlines 9 percent
*Hours worked 8 percent
*Meeting with their boss or supervisor 7 percent
*Sitting through meetings 6 percent

Survey Methodology
This survey was conducted online within the U.S. by Harris Interactive© on
behalf of CareerBuilder.com among 4,285 U.S. workers (employed full-time;
not self-employed; and non-government); ages 18 and over between August 20
and September 9, 2009 (percentages for some questions are based on a subset,
based on their responses to certain questions). With a pure probability
sample of 4,285 one could say with a 95 percent probability that the overall
results have a sampling error of +/- 1.5 percentage points. Sampling error
for data from sub-samples is higher and varies.

About CareerBuilder®
CareerBuilder is the global leader in human capital solutions, helping
companies target and attract their most important asset their people. Its
online career site, CareerBuilder.com®, is the largest in the United States
with more than 23 million unique visitors, 1 million jobs and 32 million
resumes. CareerBuilder works with the world¹s top employers, providing
resources for everything from employment branding and data analysis to HR
consulting. More than 9,000 websites, including 140 newspapers and broadband
portals such as MSN and AOL, feature CareerBuilder¹s proprietary job search
technology on their career sites. Owned by Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI),
Tribune Company, The McClatchy Company (NYSE:MNI) and Microsoft Corp.
(Nasdaq: MSFT), CareerBuilder and its subsidiaries operate in the United
States, Europe, Canada and Asia. For more information, visit
www.careerbuilder.com.

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