Our job is all about helping you

to achieve career success; which

is why every quarter, we measure

workplace happiness all over the

UK to really get to the bottom of

how you’re feeling. We use a nice

company called Opinion Matters

(your opinion always matters to us,

so we thought it was only fitting) to

track happiness and morale levels

across the sexes, age ranges, and

regions; and the results are in.

Great news: our recent Happiness

at Work research has revealed that

you lovely people are happier at

work now than you were this time

last year; which means that your

employers must be doing something

right. Either that, or you’ve been

reading all of the well-meant advice

that Office Angels has been giving

you on staying happy, healthy, and

upbeat in every area of your life.

Workplace happiness dropped

to 39.3% at the end 2011, but

following a much needed boost at

the start of the year, 41% of workers

are now in high spirits; which is just

wonderful to hear. Nonetheless, it

still remains lower than this time last

year, when almost half (46.6%) of

workers were happy in their jobs.

And wouldn’t it be lovely if we could

break those levels this year?

With lingering redundancies and

little talk of pay increases, it won’t

be easy; but because our glass-half-

full consultants believe that anything

is possible, we’ll be making it our

mission to bring you lots of different

ways to boost your own happiness

at work.

Go to www.office-angels.com/happy

to find out more or contact your local

branch today for a friendly chat.

Happiness at work by age

Happiness at work by region

UK’s happiness at work

Happiest

Happy

OK

Unhappy

Most unhappy

11%

30%

38%

14%

7%

Male and female happiness at work

16-24 year olds are the most happy at work

44%

35-44 year olds are the most unhappy at work

45-54 year olds are highest proportion who feel OK at work

43%

East of England

Happy

Unhappy

OK

Workers in the East of England have above-average levels of happiness at work, with a wonderful 50% happy in their jobs.

Scotland

Yorkshire and Humberside

East of England

East Midlands

London

North East

50%

47.1%34.5%

18.4%

30.3%19.7%

35%

50%

46.4%

31%22.6%

41.1%

15%

North West

South East

South West

West Midlands

Wales

38%

34.9%

31.3%

36.2% 33.7% 30.1%

40.4% 42.5% 43%36.3%

20.7%17.1%

34.4% 34.3%

43%

22.1%

40.7%

21.3%

36.5%

22.4%

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Happinessat work

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27%

Female41%

Male41%

Men and women throughout the UK share the same level of happiness at work. Although a higher percentage of men (22%) are more unhappy at work than women (20%).

MaleHappy: 41%OK: 37%Unhappy: 22%

FemaleHappy: 41%OK: 39%Unhappy: 20%