1. UK’s happiness at work Happiness at work by age
Happiness
at work
Happiest 11%
Happy 30% 44% 27% 43%
OK 38%
Is happiness that Office Angels has been giving
you on staying happy, healthy, and
Unhappy 14% 16-24 year olds are
the most happy at
35-44 year olds are
the most unhappy
45-54 year olds are
highest proportion
on the up in upbeat in every area of your life. Most unhappy 7% work at work who feel OK at
work
2012? Workplace happiness dropped
to 39.3% at the end 2011, but
Male and female happiness at work
41% 41%
following a much needed boost at Male Female Men and women throughout the UK
share the same level of happiness at
Our job is all about helping you the start of the year, 41% of workers Happy: 41% Happy: 41% work. Although a higher percentage of
to achieve career success; which are now in high spirits; which is just OK: 37% OK: 39% men (22%) are more unhappy at work
Unhappy: 22% Male Unhappy: 20% Female than women (20%).
is why every quarter, we measure wonderful to hear. Nonetheless, it
workplace happiness all over the still remains lower than this time last
Happiness at work by region
UK to really get to the bottom of year, when almost half (46.6%) of
how you’re feeling. We use a nice workers were happy in their jobs. Happy
company called Opinion Matters And wouldn’t it be lovely if we could OK
46.4%
(your opinion always matters to us, break those levels this year? Unhappy Workers in the East of England have
31%
so we thought it was only fitting) to 22.6% above-average levels of happiness at
work, with a wonderful 50% happy in
track happiness and morale levels With lingering redundancies and 50% Scotland
35% 41.1% 36.5%
their jobs.
across the sexes, age ranges, and little talk of pay increases, it won’t
15% 22.4%
regions; and the results are in. be easy; but because our glass-half- North East
Yorkshire and
Humberside
full consultants believe that anything 38% 40.7%
47.1%
Great news: our recent Happiness is possible, we’ll be making it our 21.3%
34.5%
at Work research has revealed that mission to bring you lots of different 43% North West 18.4%
34.9%
22.1%
you lovely people are happier at ways to boost your own happiness East Midlands
50%
East of England
work now than you were this time at work. West Midlands
31.3% 34.4% 34.3%
30.3%
last year; which means that your 19.7%
employers must be doing something Go to www.office-angels.com/happy Wales East of England
36.2% 33.7%
30.1%
right. Either that, or you’ve been to find out more or contact your local
reading all of the well-meant advice branch today for a friendly chat. South West
40.4% 42.5% 43%
36.3%
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South East London
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