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Workers Like Their Jobs!
By: Mark Dolliver Adweek Magazine
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November 5, 2007
One need only glance at the business pages to notice reasons why workers might be dissatisfied with their jobs. But when you ignore the macro factors and question individual workers, it turns out most are at least somewhat satisfied. In a poll of American workers fielded by Rasmussen Re-ports for the Hudson human-resources firm, 72 percent said they'd recommend their company "as a good place to work." Though a majority feel they could get a comparable job elsewhere, just 17 percent are now "active job-seekers."
Such findings are in sync with an International Herald Tribune/France 24/Harris Interactive poll fielded in the U.S. and Europe. In it, 42 percent of Americans said they're "very satisfied" with their jobs and 38 percent "somewhat" so; 11 percent were "somewhat dissatisfied" and 8 percent "very dissatisfied." By comparison, in France—land of the 18-week vacation, or whatever it is—26 percent were very satisfied.
Asked to pick the aspect of their job that's most important to them, 32 percent of Americans in the international poll said it's "the salary." (The chart gives a picture of how they feel about their pay.) But nearly as many cited "the interesting nature of the job" (28 percent), while 6 percent picked "your current work colleagues."
Americans workers are better disposed toward their bosses than pop-culture stereotypes would suggest. Forty-six percent said they like their boss very much, and another 19 percent said they do so somewhat. A mere 4 percent said they dislike their boss very much.
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