The Professional Employee in Industry

W ITH the growing importance of technical activities in industry, one might expect that engineers and other professional employees would find considerable satisfaction in their work. They are, after all, at the very center of the nation's industrial effort. Companies compete for their services, newspapers carry stories about the shortages of engineers and scientists, and national advertising glorifies the technological exploits of industry. Under such circumstances it would seem that the technical brains of the nation would derive more than average satisfaction from their key position in society. The evidence, however, appears to be quite to the contrary. The technical experts, engineers, and other professionals in industry seem to be far more frustrated than satisfied.