U.S. Workers More Dissatisfied With Jobs

[Rose Siding]

NEW YORK Feb 28, 2005 — U.S. workers, pushed to produce more and uneasy about new technology and other changes, are markedly less satisfied with their jobs than a decade ago, a new survey says.

But the decline in on-the-job happiness, which continued through economic cycles in recent years, has at least temporarily leveled off, according to the survey released Monday by The Conference Board, a New York-based business research group.

Half of U.S. workers are happy with their jobs, down from nearly 59 percent in 1995, according to the survey. Of those, about 14 percent say they are very satisfied, on par with the group's last survey in 2003 and down from 18.4 percent in 1995.

The number of those satisfied is slightly higher than in a similar survey done in 2003, when 48.9 percent of workers indicated they were content with their jobs.

Compared to a decade ago, job satisfaction has declined among all types of workers, but the drop varies by age and income. The biggest decline in on-the-job happiness was among workers earning $25,000 to $35,000 and among workers between the ages of 35 to 44.

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[joeybee12]

1. Not a surprise, I'm unemployed and I have real job dissatisfaction!

I don't know anyone who really likes their job these days.

[Liberty Belle]

3. I'm a self-employed writer. The job conditions are great--

flexible hours, a cozy home office, no obnoxious boss, and I choose the topics that interest me.

Benefits suck, though, since I can't buy health insurance. Thank goodness I'm covered through my husband's office.

[Enquiringkitty]

2. Hmmmm! The nation is split 50/50 on Rep/Demo issue and

Job satisfaction is split 50/50. Coincidence?????? I think not!!

[area51]

4. Job dissatisfaction

It doesn't surprise me that there's job dissatisfaction. The economy is so sh*tty, & in the states, you have to have health insurance in order to afford healthcare, & your health ins. is (insanely) tied to your job. And then of course, it's so fscking hard to get a job in this Bush economy.

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"Prosperity is just around the corner." -- Herbert Hoover
"The economy has turned a corner." -- GW Bush

Herbert Hoover = GW Bush

Neither man cared about the Depression their economic policies created.