As of: March 23, 2024, 8:56 a.m
By: Natalie Hull-Deichsel
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Surveys repeatedly show that it is not just salary that determines whether employees are happy in their jobs.
Which criteria are currently still decisive?
While a large part of the grandparents' and some of the parents' generation focused on income and financial security when it came to work, nowadays it is also ideal values that determine the choice of job.
According to
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, these include a positive, motivating work atmosphere, the company philosophy and values, flexible working hours with home office, work-life balance, and further training opportunities - aspects that can ultimately make the difference and make employees happier in their jobs.
But appreciation - on a monetary basis and from superiors and in dealing with colleagues - is also central for employees of all ages to be happier at work.
Happier at work: Those who feel valued by their superiors are more motivated and satisfied
Appreciation at work is a crucial factor in happiness, which employees repeatedly mention in surveys.
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Employees who are not satisfied in their job often become less motivated after a short period of time, which in turn can lead to their performance declining.
Job satisfaction is an important basis for achieving good performance.
For example, anyone who is under or overwhelmed and constantly feels stressed runs the risk of developing burnout.
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It was particularly the time of the Corona pandemic that presented many employees with major challenges and increased general dissatisfaction in the workplace, as a survey by Robert Half shows.
As part of this, 750 office employees were surveyed in November 2021 and it was shown that before the pandemic in 2019, 65 percent of employees felt satisfied or very satisfied, while two years later it was only 53 percent.
20 percent of the participants even stated that they were somewhat dissatisfied or even very dissatisfied.
What is noticeable: Younger (56 percent) and older employees (68 percent) in particular feel satisfied, while the age groups in between tend to feel less so.
This is also due to the mental stress regarding childcare and the lack of work-life balance that families felt particularly exposed to during the Corona pandemic.
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Become happier at work: Survey reveals top 3 criteria for employee dissatisfaction
The result of the “Job Happiness Study 2022” by the opinion research institute forsa, which was created on behalf of XING, shows the top 3 drivers of dissatisfaction among employees in Germany.
In October 2022, 3,042 employed people were surveyed as part of a representative online survey:
21 percent of those working in Germany feel underappreciated or unappreciated
25 percent don't feel their pay is fair
31 percent are constantly stressed at work
Experts advise companies to take such tendencies seriously, especially with regard to the resulting employee turnover.
Because those who are dissatisfied are generally more open to changing jobs.
Employees who are satisfied in their job, on the other hand, identify more with their own employer and their willingness to change jobs decreases.
What also stands out in this study: 73 percent of older employees over 56 years of age are more likely to say they are satisfied in their current job - in comparison, only 65 percent of the 18 to 25 year old age group are satisfied.