The Realities of Work: A Workforce Insights Survey

Geneèn Wright HQ’s cross-industry research study exploring how work is structured, experienced, and evolving.

Work is changing; quietly, rapidly, and in ways that don’t always match the headlines.

Titles are shifting. Structures are consolidating. Workloads are stretching. And inside organizations of every size, people are navigating a mix of opportunity, uncertainty, and pressure. The Realities of Work: A Workforce Insights Survey is an anonymous study designed to understand what modern workplaces actually look like from the inside, i.e. how decisions are made, how teams operate, how people experience their work, and what keeps them engaged or pushes them to the edge.

Your perspective adds to a larger, clearer picture of the workforce as it stands today, not the version painted by corporate messaging, but the version lived by real people.

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WHY THIS STUDY MATTERS

Across history, moments of economic and technological change have always reshaped how people work. We’re in one of those moments now.

This research explores:

  • How employees experience leadership, culture, and communication

  • What work feels like at different organizational sizes

  • Where people find support—and where support is collapsing

  • What actually drives retention in today’s environment

  • How workers are preparing for the next era of work

Your responses contribute to ongoing analysis shared through Geneèn Wright HQ and Career Communiqué, helping professionals and organizations understand the patterns shaping our working lives.

Whether you’re building, maintaining, surviving, or exploring what’s next in your career, your experience matters here.

— Geneèn Wright

WHAT TO EXPECT

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Takes 3–4 minutes

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13 Multiple-choice questions + one optional open response

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Completely anonymous

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Aggregated trends and anonymized observations will be shared in future research publications

PRIVACY & ANONYMITY

  • Your identity is not collected.

  • Your employer is not traceable.

  • No contact information is requested.

  • The survey platform may log browser data only to prevent duplicate or automated submissions. These logs are not linked to your answers and are not used for analysis or publication.

  • Your responses will be combined with others and reported only in aggregate.

Please avoid including identifying details in the open-text response.

BE PART OF THE RESEARCH

FOLLOW THE RESEARCH

If you’d like to read the findings once they’re published, you can follow the analysis in Career Communiqué, my weekly research-based newsletter on work, leadership, and labor history.

FAQs

  • Anyone who has worked within an organization, regardless of industry, role, or career stage.


  • Approximately 3–4 minutes.

  • Insights will inform upcoming research published through Geneèn Wright HQ and Career Communiqué. No individual responses will ever be attributed to you.

  • Yes. No identifying information is collected, and all findings are reported in aggregate.

  • No. The survey does not collect contact information. You may subscribe to Career Communiqué separately if you’d like to follow the research.

  • December 31, 2025. Findings will be shared in 2026.