Steve over at Catbert quotes a recent Guardian Survey in which HR workers are the unhappiest of all.
In the UK, the workers who were most happy in their jobs were those who worked in research (59%) and engineering (53%). Those who were least happy at work were employed in sales and customer service (38%) and management (45%). The most unhappy position in the UK is in human resources (39%).
While there is lots of talk about money and health benefits, what I really wonder is how much satisfaction people get from their work and how much they feel they are able to contribute? Not discounting hard cash, but I think some of the reasons for HR being bottom of the list are due to the variously quoted perceptions that HR has, both by people within and outside of the profession. Adspar and Vinay Talwar have also written about the perception of HR. For my own sins, I am sure a good dose of 4G would help š
By Dan June 12, 2005 - 7:09 pm
Interesting. I always read how my old field of Information Technology was very disatisfied at work.