Most U.S. Workers Don't Want to Take Their Job and Shove It

Clearly, most workers aren't employed by greater media.



A Gallup poll taken just before Labor Day '05 found that 87 percent of adults working in the private sector either “liked” or “loved” their jobs. A more recent survey just completed on behalf of snagajob.com, a Web site dedicated to helping hourly workers find jobs, confirms this and adds a few new twists.

Nationwide, the snagajob.com survey found that, overall, 3 out of 5 workers are happy with their jobs. A closer look, however, reveals that most are actually extremely happy with work, most meaning 68 percent of salaried and 55 percent of hourly workers. (Salaried workers also spend more time on the job per week — 44.3 hours versus 39.5 for hourly workers.)

Geography plays a role in job satisfaction. Workers who live in the western part of the country, which includes states on the coast as well as in the mountain region, are the happiest. Those in the Northeast are the most disgruntled, but then again, New Yorkers have raised complaining to and art form. (They can't help it...the Yanks are down, and NYC smells like crap.)

I think that all of these people are liars. That is the only way, really.