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Report: Only Half of Americans Like Their Jobs
Reuters via NYTimes.com ^ | 8/21/02

Posted on 08/21/2002 2:52:00 PM PDT by GeneD

Filed at 2:57 p.m. ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans are growing disgruntled with their jobs, getting fed up not only with bonus plans and promotion policies but even with colleagues, according to a report released on Wednesday.

Only about half of the 5,000 households surveyed by the Conference Board, a business-backed research group in New York, said they were happy with their jobs, down from 59 percent in 1995. The drop in job satisfaction came across all ages, incomes and regions of the country.

Worker satisfaction with bonuses, promotion policies, educational training programs and fellow employees all fell since the survey was first conducted seven years ago.

The one aspect of their jobs employees liked was not being there.

``About the only thing workers seem exceptionally pleased about is their commute to work,'' said Lynn Franco, director of the Conference Board's Consumer Research Center.

The survey also found that money seemed to make all the difference in how workers enjoyed their jobs.

Households earning less than $15,000 a year were the least satisfied of all groups, while those earnings more than $50,000 a year were the happiest. But in all income brackets, job satisfaction levels have fallen since 1995.

Middle-age workers, once the sunniest of employees, saw the biggest declines in job satisfaction. A mere 47.4 percent expressed happiness with their jobs, down sharply from 60.9 percent 1995.

Among regions, residents in the Rocky Mountains took the most pleasure from their jobs with a 57 percent satisfaction rate. Workers in New England were the gloomiest, with only 44 percent satisfied.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: conferenceboard; employment; jobs
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1 posted on 08/21/2002 2:52:00 PM PDT by GeneD
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To: GeneD
Where's that picture of the deodorant tester that was in the newspapers a number of years ago?
2 posted on 08/21/2002 2:55:52 PM PDT by snopercod
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To: GeneD
Thats encouraging that people like their jobs so much. I get that from the article coming out of NY and especially from the NYT. That pretty much ensures its slanted and wrong.
3 posted on 08/21/2002 2:56:07 PM PDT by Naspino
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To: GeneD
I like my job but my hours and benefits have been reduced and I have to get another job. I really don't want to but I have no choice. Problem is I can't find another job I actually like and that pays a decent salary plus bennies.

I'm guessing this is the situation with a lot of people. Full time workers with benefits are very costly to a company so they hire part time or outsource as much as possible.

4 posted on 08/21/2002 2:56:33 PM PDT by NEPA
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To: GeneD
Whiners.
5 posted on 08/21/2002 2:58:48 PM PDT by weikel
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To: GeneD
People are watching too many movies and the grass seems greener elsewhere.
6 posted on 08/21/2002 3:00:42 PM PDT by A CA Guy
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To: GeneD
Chorus:

TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT, I AIN’T WORKING’ HERE NO MORE

MY WOMAN DONE LEFT AND TOOK ALL OF THE REASONS I WAS WORKING FOR

YOU BETTER NOT TRY TO STAND IN MY WAY WHEN I WALK OUT THE DOOR

TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT I AIN’T WORKING’ HERE NO MORE

I BEEN WORKING IN THIS FACTORY PRETTY CLOSE TO 15 YEARS

I’VE SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS’ WOMEN STANDING IN A POOL OF TEARS

I’VE SEEN A LOT OF KINFOLKS DYING I HAD A LOT OF BILLS TO PAY LORD,

I’D GIVE THE SHIRT RIGHT OFFING’ MY BACK IF I HAD THE NERVE TO SAY:

Repeat Chorus

THE FOREMAN IS A REGULAR SOB. AND THE NIGHT BOSS, HE’S A FOOL

HE GOT HIMSELF A BRAND NEW FLATTOP HAIRCUT LORD, HE REALLY THINKS THAT’S COOL

ONE OF THESE DAYS I’M GONNA BLOW MY TOP AND THERE’S GONNA BE HELL TO PAY

I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE THEIR FACES WHEN I GET THE NERVE TO SAY

Repeat Chorus

7 posted on 08/21/2002 3:01:25 PM PDT by TADSLOS
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To: GeneD
I wonder how much of this is due to the feeling of "Can't get ahead" because the government is confiscating half their income.
8 posted on 08/21/2002 3:05:06 PM PDT by El Sordo
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To: GeneD
Well, I dunno, it kinda depends on the job. I mean, I've had jobs I liked and jobs I didn't. Quality control tester at a brewery, that was all right. But before that I...well, let me put it this way: evey buy a rectal thermometer? Each one comes wrapped in a little piece of paper that states "each unit individually tested..."
9 posted on 08/21/2002 3:08:30 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: GeneD
Fifty percent were gruntled with their jobs.
10 posted on 08/21/2002 3:09:41 PM PDT by billhilly
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To: El Sordo
Slightly off topic, but I was driving from my sister's home in Long Beach to Tucson and saw a bumper sticker that read "Vote Republican. . .it's easier than thinking" I want one that reads "Vote Democrat. . .it's easier than working or paying taxes."
11 posted on 08/21/2002 3:10:48 PM PDT by az wildkitten
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To: Billthedrill
eeeeeeeeeeeewwwwww! LOL!
12 posted on 08/21/2002 3:28:06 PM PDT by JDoutrider
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To: Billthedrill
You owe me a new monitor! I just spewed soda pop all over it....

ROTFLMAOUIH!

13 posted on 08/21/2002 3:31:52 PM PDT by NorCoGOP
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To: Billthedrill
...rectal thermometer? Each one comes wrapped in a little piece of paper that states "each unit individually tested..."

Word on the street has it, if it weren’t for those damn hemorrhoids you would have made it to the Sphincter Hall Of Fame in DC.

14 posted on 08/21/2002 3:45:00 PM PDT by TightSqueeze
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To: GeneD



FYI.

This is about EMPLOYEES. It is not about Business Owners, Investors, or the Self Employed. Thus, it is pretty much expected. One could thank FORD for introducing the mindless automation lines and promised crade-to-grave employment. But I don't. It is our nation of school teachers and the educational system that has created a nation overwhelmly destined for servitude.

And, isn't that what an employee is? A paid servant.


15 posted on 08/21/2002 3:48:02 PM PDT by vannrox
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To: az wildkitten
Good one!
16 posted on 08/21/2002 3:49:35 PM PDT by vikingchick
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To: TightSqueeze
Yeh, well, after six months I finally got the workman's compensation forms through, but the board stamped it "denied - upon examination claimant is a perfect a..." oops..heh heh...moderators coming...
17 posted on 08/21/2002 3:51:56 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: El Sordo
I wonder how much of this is due to the feeling of "Can't get ahead" because the government is confiscating half their income.

Oh my I WISH it was!
Then we could have another "tea party" and free ourselves from the bondage of taxes, taxes and more taxes

18 posted on 08/21/2002 3:58:30 PM PDT by apackof2
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To: GeneD
I tell ya, I'd be happy with my job if not for half the stupid people there (up from 41% in 1995,) who are growing disgruntled!
19 posted on 08/21/2002 3:58:48 PM PDT by Revolting cat!
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To: vannrox
If it wasn't work you'd pay them for the pleasure of doing it. And by the way, I'd rather be a paid servant than an unpaid servant!
20 posted on 08/21/2002 4:50:20 PM PDT by ItisaReligionofPeace
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