Thursday, September 18, 2003

Job satisfaction drops to a new low.

Only 48.9 percent of working Americans are satisfied with their jobs, the lowest level of job satisfaction recorded since pollsters began surveying the issue in 1995, a business group said Thursday.

THE CONFERENCE BOARD, a New York-based research group, said workers expressed high levels of dissatisfaction with their promotion opportunities, bonus plans and job training.
       “The level of job satisfaction has been steadily on the decline since reaching nearly 59 percent in 1995,” says Lynn Franco, Director of The Conference Board’s Consumer Research Center. “As technology transforms the workplace — accelerating the pace of activities, increasing expectations and productivity demands, and blurring the lines of work and play — workers are steadily growing more unhappy with their jobs.”
       The research is consistent with other surveys and reports that have found declining worker loyalty and a surprisingly strong urge to seek new employment once the job market improves. While the economy has shown clear signs of improvement in recent months, the labor market has been stagnant or worse, no doubt leaving many workers stuck in dead-end jobs with few options.  [MSNBC]

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