Am I the problem at work? Statistics on self view and how others see you
This page publishes once at least 30 people have completed the am I the problem at work test in the current window. Until then the count is shown as below the reporting floor and no figures are published.
Once a cut reaches 30 completions, it shows how the four readings split (The Pattern, The Place, The Pair, The Season), the mean score on each dimension, and the mean answer to the optional last question: whether two colleagues would score the taker higher or lower. Each is also reported for respondents who manage people. Every figure describes how respondents read their own situation. None is a verdict on anyone.
Current edition
Fewer than 30 completions in this cut. Nothing is published below that floor. Next refresh: 2026-10-12.
Collection started on 2026-09-22. This page is rewritten when a refresh runs; the change log below carries every edition.
What this page will report
So that no cut is chosen after seeing the data, here is what is published when n reaches 30, and nothing else:
- Reading distribution
- Mean mirror
- Mean score per dimension, 0 to 100
- Predicted other gap mean
- Reading distribution by role level
- Predicted other gap mean by role level
- Region
The floor rule
No cut is published with fewer than 30 completions. Where a cut falls below the floor, the chapter is published with the count and no figures. The floor is set before the edition and never lowered. Completions are counted, not people: the capture is anonymous and cookieless, so a returning visitor is not identifiable and is not de-duplicated. Ad blockers drop some events, so every count is a floor. The full rules are on the methodology page.
What this page will never publish
- Any percentage of people who are the problem. The unit is one completion's reading, never a verdict on a person.
- Any cut that names or could identify an employer.
- Any free text. None is collected.
- Any cut below 30 completions, or any cut that still contains the site's own test runs.
How to read it against other surveys
The outside figure to read this page against is Tasha Eurich's: about 95 percent of people believe they are self aware, and by her measures only 10 to 15 percent are (Harvard Business Review). This page does not measure self awareness, and it does not try. What it can publish, once past the floor, is how far people expect their colleagues' view of them to differ from their own: the mean predicted gap, with people who lead teams reported separately. A small predicted gap, read next to Eurich's figures, is itself a finding.
How to cite this page
Leaders ADAPT, Am I the problem at work? Statistics on self view and how others see you, Workplace Reality Index, edition 2026-09-23, https://www.leadersadapt.com/am-i-the-problem-statistics/. Until a cut passes the floor there is no figure to cite; cite the method instead. Every published figure will carry its n, its window and its date on the same line.
Change log
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | Page created with the tool. Collection begins. No figures published; n below floor. |
Take the tool
Every completion of the Am I the Problem at Work: the common denominator test joins this sample anonymously. More free tools are at the tools shelf.
The four results
Every completed run lands on one of these pages, with your own scores drawn from the link the tool gives you. Each one is readable without taking the tool.
- The PatternThe same friction follows you across jobs. That part is yours.
- The PlaceLittle points at you. On this evidence, it is not you.
- The PairYou and this manager, together. The fix is between you.
- The SeasonMixed evidence, a hard stretch. A season, not a verdict.
The other statistics pages
Every open tool on this site publishes its own statistics page under the same floor rule:
- AI job exposure statistics: how exposed people say their weekly tasks are
- Boss pattern statistics: what people report about their bosses
- Golden handcuffs statistics: what people say keeps them in their jobs
- Job security statistics: the signals people report around their jobs
- Micromanaging statistics: how closely people say they are managed, and whether they know why
- Promotion block statistics: what stands between people and the next role
- Become a manager statistics: who wants the work, and who wants the title
- Should I quit statistics: what people asking are really leaving
- Toxic workplace statistics: four conditions at work, with the manager view first