STUDY REVEALS WHERE THE HAPPIEST EMPLOYEES ARE IN THE UK
Ever wanted to know where the happiest place to work is in the UK? Well, the City and Guilds have recently conducted their fifth year of research to find the answer to that very question.
This colourful map shows exactly where the happy and disgruntled people are up and down the country. Results show that the chirpiest employees are in Newcastle whilst the workforce most likely to sob into their pillow as the alarm goes off is in Leeds and York.
Worryingly, almost 5 million people said they had a fear of work ‘ergophobia’
with those in HR, law and secretarial professions rating themselves as the unhappiest of all.
We all accept that the occasional bad day is part of life, however there are
many easy, low cost initiatives employers can implement to make their staff smile. For example, the study showed one in six Brits simply wanted a more flexible working day, while 8% said that training and development would make their job more satisfying.
As a popular employer in the area, one of Provide’s top priorities is to make sure their staff are happy.
David Freeman, Operations Director at Provide explained: ‘We value our staff and want them to feel happy about coming in to work. We do that by giving them excellent training and development, a clear career path to progress, lots of recognition and a work environment that inspires them. Our employees even have fresh organic fruit delivered to their desk everyday and a personal trainer on-call to keep them fit and healthy!’
Whilst our region didn’t come last in the happiness ratings…we didn’t come out top either. Figures from the South East were pretty thin on the ground and Provide, for one, believe Milton Keynes is a happier place to work than the study showed.
‘Our staff regularly tell us what they want from their career and their workplace…we take that feedback and act on it. We specialise in people and jobs – that’s our business – and we want to know how the rest of the companies in Milton Keynes treat their employees. We will be carrying out a survey over the coming months to find out exactly how satisfied people are in their jobs locally.’ Said Mr Freeman.
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