British workers value money over everything else

Workers in the UK want to ask their employers for wage rises over and above any perks they might get to improve their job satisfaction

When it comes to salaries, Britons arenít asking for the money they think theyíre worth.

59% of the British workers feel they need more money for the jobs they do, while only 19% feel they need job satisfaction.

The Ask.com study, commissioned to discover whether Britain is a nation that asks and gets, found that in the workplace, weíre not confronting our bosses and asking for what we really want - and thatís making us underpaid and undervalued.

Surprisingly, only 9% of British employees want to ask for more holiday time, perhaps reflecting the fact that when it comes to holidays, most employers are unlikely to be sympathetic.

But British workers donít have an inflated view of their own importance, with only 1% of respondents claiming they would ask for their own office and a another one in a hundred feeling they donít need to ask for freebies such as laptops.

Ask.comís Rachel Johnson, VP Marketing Europe said: ìWe want people to ask and get, but in the workplace it seems British workers are a bit shy in coming forward for what they want. And what they want, by and large, is more cash for the job they perform. While job satisfaction is important to many, it seems as though weíre unlikely to ever get that unless we start asking for the things we want.î

On the new Ask.com search engine, Johnson added: ìThe new Ask.com is the culmination of years of innovation, combining the most advanced core search technology with one-of-a-kind tools that make search better. People deserve a search engine that gives them the tools to get what they need faster, not just a links on a page. Ask.com takes search to the next level.î