Are Your Credit Union Employees Satisfied with Their Jobs – Consider These Factors

What are the top drivers of workplace happiness? Staffing firm Robert Half recently asked this question of 12,000 U.S. and Canadian workers for a new report, and the answers are surprising.

According to the report, happiness at work is something nearly everyone wants, but it varies by an employee’s age, gender and field, among other factors. Here are some of the findings:

• Most professionals are generally happy. On a happiness scale of 0 – 100, those surveyed scored a 71.
• The power of pride. Having pride in one’s organization is the No. 1 driver of happiness overall for respondents. Those who feel proud of their organization are three times more likely to be happy than those who are not.

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