Workplace Confidence Hits a New Low

As unemployment has fallen to a ten-year low of 4.9 per cent, a quarter of Brits don't trust their boss, a new study has found.

A poll, of 2,000 people, has revealed that on average 1 in 4 employees doesn’t trust their boss, with workers in the North East (30%) being most distrusting of those that cover their pay cheques.

Around one in ten don’t always trust their sibling, while the average Brit takes almost three months to fully trust someone after first meeting them.

On average we need 87 days to get to know someone before we can feel we can completely depend on them.

And while 10 per cent of adults claim to trust someone within minutes, almost the same number (8%) admit it can be years before they feel able to let their guard down completely.

The study, commissioned by Network VEKA (http://www.networkveka.co.uk/), the UK’s most trusted window installer network also revealed that maintaining eye contact, always texting back and happily sharing your phone or social media passwords are among the top signs you can be trusted. While those who spread office gossip or fidget when talking are among the things that make Brits untrustworthy.

In a month where trust of politicians is at an all time low, research has unveiled that there’s more bad news for the House of Commons as politicians have been named the least trustworthy profession, closely followed by car salesmen, estate agents, bankers and builders.

A spokesman for Network VEKA(http://www.networkveka.co.uk/) , said: “Being able to trust someone you don’t know that well is difficult, especially if you have had a bad experience in the past.

“But we have to trust people to some degree everyday – whether we have a close relationship with them or not, such as our children’s teachers, workmen and even our work colleagues.

“As a result, it can take time to put your trust in someone completely, and we are constantly on the look-out for signs that we can trust someone when we don’t yet know them well enough to base it on anything else.

“Some of these are really just common sense, but it appears the way you talk, act and even how you look can all be considered when someone is deciding whether or not to trust you.”