November 4th, 2008
42% of workers supervise other employees at work daily
Fully 87% of employed Americans have at least one person at work, and the majority of workers are overseen by only one or two supervisors. 46% of employed respondents report to only one person, 23% of respondents report to two people at work. 18% of employed Americans report to three or more people. 11% of employed respondents do not report to anyone at all. Some 42% of workers supervise other employees at work daily. About 84% of those who supervise other employees also report to at least one supervisor themselves. 36% of Americans say that the employees they supervise also supervise other employees. Nearly 74% of multi-level supervisors use the internet at least several times a day at work while only about 54% of single-level supervisors use the internet as often at work, according to Pew Internet Project
