WORKPLACE HAPPINESS
October 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLAMERICANS may work longer hours than most developed world employees and have fewer holidays, but they are happy, because compared with Britons and Canadians, they just love work, a Gallup poll has indicated. It said that 40% of Americans are "completely satisfied" with their opportunities for promotion, compared with 29% of Canadians and 25% of British respondents. Asked if they were similarly satisfied with their managers, 60% of Americans agreed, compared with 47% of employees in Canada and 42% in the UK. Gallup analyst Raksha Arora told ...
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