SALARY SURVEY Job Satisfaction Data HIRING CONDITIONS IN THE PAST YEAR JOB SATISFACTION - OVERALL SCORES (% of respondents) Job Content 5.5 Job Environment 32.6% Company in hiring freeze 22.5% Company in salary freeze* 5.7 Overall Job Satisfaction 5.6 | | | | | | | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Extremely Dissatisfied Extremely Satisfied Mean scores based on a 7-point scale where 7 = "extremely satisfied" 7.9% 25.8% Eliminated positions by not replacing employees who left 29.2% Filled vacancies, but added no new positions 18.0% Hired within existing positions to meet increased production requirements 16.9% Created new positions JOB SATISFACTION Job Satisfaction 2010 2007 Mean Score Mean Score Eliminated positions by lay-off or closing *New item in 2010 Achievement of work goals 5.5 5.1 Recognition for your work achievement 5.4 5.0 Work itself 5.8 5.3 Amount of responsibility you have 6.1 5.5 Rate of advancement 5.1 4.9 Growth opportunities available to you 5.0 4.5 Company policy and administration 5.3 4.8 Affordable, quality health insurance* 4.9 N/A Job supervision 5.5 5.1 Relationship with your supervisor 5.8 5.5 Work conditions 6.0 5.4 Your salary 5.5 5.0 Relationship with peers 6.0 5.8 Personal safety in the workplace 6.1 5.8 Relationship with subordinates 6.1 5.7 Job status 6.0 5.6 Job position security 5.9 5.6 BARRIERS TO INNOVATION (% of respondents) Lack of support from upper management 19.1% 40 * Meat&Poultry * July 2010 * www.MeatPoultry.com 2007 20.3 Lack of training 32.6% 18.1% Outdated equipment 22.5% 26.6% Outdated facility 7.9% 19.8% Limited use of technology in plant 25.8% 22.6% Personnel cuts 29.2% 5.1% Time pressures 18.0% 31.6% Note: Multiple responses accepted Mean scores based on a 7-point scale where 7 = "extremely satisfied" *New item in 2010 2010http://www.MeatPoultry.com