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Poor Promotion Policies and Excess Work Loads Drive Down Satisfaction

Employee dissatisfaction is at a record high, according to a survey by the Conference Board, a private research group based in New York. In a survey of 5,000 households, more than 50% of the respondents reported disliking their current jobs. This is up from 40 percent in a similar survey conducted in 1986.

The lowest levels of job satisfaction are among younger workers, where only 39 percent of respondents aged 25 and younger said they like their current jobs, the lowest level ever recorded by the survey. This compares to slightly higher levels of satisfaction in older age groups: 45 percent for workers between 45 and 54 and almost 50% for respondents between 55 and 64, and 65 and over.

Overall, satisfaction levels have dropped recently among all categories of workers and age, residence and income, according to Lynn Franco, director of the Conference Board Consumer Research Center. "Although a certain amount of dissatisfaction with one's job is to be expected, the breadth of dissatisfaction is somewhat unsettling, since it carries over from what attracts employees to a job to what keeps them motivated and productive on the job," says Franco. HBM

Previously published in the June 2007 issue of HOME BUSINESS® Magazine, an international publication for the growing and dynamic home-based market. Available on newsstands, in bookstores and chain stores, and via subscriptions ($15.00 for 1 year, six issues). Visit www.homebusinessmag.com