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Everyday working life and income influence how satisfied employees are in their job.
But the industry also seems to play a role.
A study provides information.
How happy employees are in their job has a direct impact on their quality of life.
After all, work also influences life before and after time in the office.
The industry in which they work is probably crucial for employee satisfaction - there are clear differences between the different sectors of the economy.
The annual Happiness Atlas reveals where the happiest employees can be found and where employees are more likely to be dissatisfied.
The most dissatisfied employees don't work in the office
Flexibility at work impacts employee satisfaction.
Those who can work from home from time to time seem to be happier.
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Very few people would describe dry office work and a 9-to-5 job as their dream job.
In fact, the happiest people seem to work in the finance and insurance industries.
More creative professions such as marketing, communication and employees at IT service providers, however, only come in second place.
This is the result of the annual survey by the market research institute
Ipsos
as part of the
SKL Happiness Atlas 2023
.
The survey was published in
WirtschaftsWoche
e.
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Researchers have been studying German satisfaction since 2011.
Numerous factors are taken into account.
Accordingly, work, living conditions, income, family and health, among other things, play a role.
As part of the study, the researchers interviewed a total of 3,109 participants in personal interviews.
Another 2,000 Germans between the ages of 18 and 65 also provided information about the influence of inflation and the war in Ukraine on life satisfaction.
Job satisfaction depends on various factors
The results show: The different satisfaction levels between industries can be attributed to various factors.
While people from social professions, education and health care such as doctors, nurses, social workers, teachers and educators were the most dissatisfied in the survey, this seems to be primarily due to the prevailing time pressure and the associated working conditions.
After all, around 42 percent of those surveyed from the industries stated that they were rushed in their job.
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Life satisfaction from 0 (“not at all satisfied”) to 10 (“completely satisfied”) according to the
SKL Happiness Atlas 2023
:
Finance and Insurance, Real Estate and Housing – 7.06
Information and communication – 6.94
Public Administration – 6.88
Construction, energy and water supply, transport and warehousing – 6.81
Manufacturing, agriculture and forestry, fishing, mining – 6.5
Health and Social Care – 6.47
Freelance, Arts, Entertainment and Recreation – 6.44
Education and teaching – 6.33
Trade and Hospitality – 6.32
It's not just industries in which people earn less on average that end up at the bottom of the list.
Customer contact and physical work also influence employee satisfaction.
However, gender and age as well as the time flexibility of the jobs had the greatest influence.
Satisfaction has declined sharply in recent years
Overall, employee satisfaction in Germany has fallen sharply in recent years.
This emerges from a study by the consulting firm EY.
According to the experts, only around 31 percent are completely satisfied with their job.
Two years ago, around 49 percent said they were extremely satisfied.
The reason for this could also be a greater workload.
The happiest employees are primarily people in management positions.
At 55 percent, more than half of top managers are happy with their work.
Trainees follow closely behind at 54 percent.