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Most Americans only occasionally ask coworkers how they're performing

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No frequency draws more Americans than occasionally: 38% say they only occasionally seek performance feedback from coworkers, according to a Verasight survey conducted Feb. 28 to March 6, 2025.

The remainder lean toward the rare end: 40% seek this feedback infrequently or very infrequently, including 22% who do so very infrequently, while 17% ask frequently and just 5% very frequently.

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Most Americans only occasionally ask coworkers how they're performing.

In order to find out how well you are performing in your present job, how FREQUENTLY do you seek information from your co-workers about your work performance?

  • Occasionally 38.0%
  • Very Infrequently 22.1%
  • Infrequently 18.1%
  • Frequently 16.9%
  • Very Frequently 4.9%

2025 · base n 1,000 · +/- 3.5%

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Methodology

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Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
Field dates
2025-02-28 → 2025-03-06
Base (unweighted)
1,000
Margin of error
+/- 3.5%
Module
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Citation

Verasight SPSP Omnibus Survey #2025-010, fielded February 28-March 6, 2025, N=1,000 United States adults, +/- 3.5%.

https://verasight-spsp-2025.tiiny.co

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Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting.
Population
US adults age 18+.
Sample design
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Field window
Each wave specifies its own field dates. Most omnibus waves field across roughly two weeks.
Weighting
Per-module weighting to CPS targets including age, race and ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, and metropolitan status.
Partisanship benchmark
Pew Research Center's NPORS benchmarking surveys, three-year running average.
Vote benchmark
2024 presidential vote population benchmarks.
Margin of error
Typically about plus or minus 3.4 to 3.6 percent per module at standard module sizes. Question-level MoE is recomputed when a base shrinks materially below the module baseline.
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