Your Messy Desk Affects Your Professional Reputation

Adecco performed
a recent survey that had some interesting findings…. some things to pay
attention to if you work in an office with other people.

Bottom line: How you keep your desk influences what other
people think of you.

Adecco found out:

— 57% of Americans have judged coworkers on how clean or dirty
they keep their work spaces
— 42%of Americans have judged a coworker more negatively if his workspace
is dirty 
— 45% have judged coworkers more positively if their work spaces are
clean
— 42% of Americans think a dirty work space is a result of employees
simply being too busy, but
— 33% think messy employees are lazy employees
— 73% of Americans think people are most productive when their work spaces
are clean

Despite what your coworkers think, your boss can have these
misinterpretations, as well. Don’t be judged by your stuff, keep a tidy
workspace and be judged on your abilities instead.