Employees unenthusiastic in their roles
Oct 25 2011
Half of workers are unhappy in or impartial to their jobs
Half of Britons are unhappy in or impartial to their jobs, research finds.
According to a study of 1,271 Britons in full time employment by HR consultancy Reabur, 31 per cent admit that they are ‘unhappy’ in work, while a further 7 per cent say that they ‘hate’ their current job, with 12 per cent 'impartial'.
In contrast, 22 per cent of those who took part in the study claim to ‘love’ their current job.
Of the total respondents that feel unhappy in their job, 29 per cent say it is because the role wasn’t ‘challenging’ enough.
A further 34 per cent of those who claim to be unhappy state that it is because they feel ‘bored’. In contrast 12 per cent say they are unhappy because their position is ‘too difficult’.
When asked ‘Is your current job your dream role?’ 9 per cent answered ‘yes’. A further two fifths, 41 per cent, of the respondents said ‘no’, while 16 per cent state that they didn’t have a dream job. The remaining respondents cited that they thought their current role was ‘almost’ their dream job.
More than a third (34 per cent) of the respondents who claim to not have their dream job admit that the reason for this is that they are simply ‘too lazy’ to search for the position; while 54 per cent say they are ‘too comfortable’ in their current role to search for their ‘dream job’.
Georgina Read, co-managing director of Reabur.com Georgina Read says, ‘It is concerning to see that so many of the respondents are unhappy in their job and even worse that some hate their current work as this is likely to impact on how well they perform in their role and potentially force the employer to make difficult decisions.
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