According to Sirota Consulting LLC, 32 percent of nonmanagerial workers rate the respect they receive from their company's management as "so-so," "poor" or "very poor." How can employers turn those numbers around? It's not that the employees who feel they get no respect are being abused, says David Sirota, chairman emeritus of the company. "But indifferent treatment, such as failing to recognize and reward employees for jobs well done, has an enormous impact on how employees feel and on employers' ability to retain them," he says.

-- 63 percent: Number of workers who feel that they aren't treated with respect and who intend to leave their jobs within two years

-- 19 percent: Number of workers who feel that they are respected but intend to leave their jobs within two years

Source: Derived from employee surveys conducted in the past year by sirota survey intelligence at more than 100 organizations with combined workforces totaling more than 1 million.