A Harvard University study found that the loneliest jobs were also the unhappiest. These include remote jobs as well as jobs in tech, food delivery, and the online retail sector. The study was conducted over 85 years.
Job dissatisfaction is when an employee does not feel content in their job. This can be due to various professional and personal reasons such as lack of advancement, poor management, limited work-life balance, and more.
Finance was overwhelmingly tagged as the world's most boring industry, with finance-associated positions occupying four of the top five slots on the “most boring” list. The people occupying those “boring” jobs were also not seen as competent, according to the report, which surprised at least one of the study's authors.
Not only do psychologists earn a high salary of US$101,457 a year, but they also have the highest satisfaction rates. According to the American Psychological Association, about 93% of 187,000 psychologists in the US reported feeling “somewhat satisfied” or “very satisfied” with their jobs.
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Physical Therapist. Physical therapists are experts in movement and the human body that often help to rehabilitate people with injuries or disabilities. ...
All military roles have their difficulties, but challenging roles such as a Marine and mercenary are among the hardest in the world. These positions require soldiers to put their lives at risk on a daily basis.
People stay in jobs they hate for different reasons. Some are afraid of change, while others fear that they won't be able to find another job. Some people stay in jobs they hate because of financial obligations, while others stay because they are comfortable and familiar with their current job.
Research studies have shown that certain industries are more stressful to work in than others. A study published in the International Journal of Stress Management found that healthcare workers, social workers, and teachers experience higher levels of stress than workers in other professions.
Nurses, Teachers, Customer Service, wait staff, and other service workers. This also includes middle Management roles. As an example, Sales and Customer Service roles require employees to induce positive emotions in customers, while simultaneously repressing negative emotions.
Having gained a PhD degree in molecular genetics, Matthieu Ricard changed his path from science to become a Buddhist monk, and was declared to be the “happiest person on the planet” after a 12-year study by the University of Wisconsin.
Now, economists say it's higher — by a lot. It's a question that economists, psychologists and armchair philosophers have grappled with for centuries: Can money buy happiness?
