Half find work 'unrewarding,' survey says

Warning: Nearly half of your co-workers hate what they do.

In a recent survey, 49 percent of employees said their job was “unrewarding and saps their energy.”

Thirty percent, taking the practical road, agreed that “I want to enjoy my life, so I work.”

The remaining gung-ho 21 percent described their work as “rewarding and gratifying.”

“Employees are clearly in a grumpy mood, a trend we’ve tracked for more than a year,” said Ron Sims, talent management practice leader for the Middle Atlantic for Right Management, a staffing company that conducted the survey. “In better times, we probably would have found just a minority complain that their energy is being sapped.”

Right Management surveyed nearly 440 workers in North America in December and January.

- Philip Walzer

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