“In the first six months of 2008, 56 percent of workers in high-quality jobs (those who express satisfaction with their work, use their strengths daily, work in a culture of trust and have an employee-boss partnership) were classified as thriving, while only 39 percent of workers in low-quality jobs (those with two or less of the above attributes) were thriving,” according to poll results.
People in “high-quality jobs” said the way they feel on weekends is similar to how they feel on weekdays when it comes to respect, happiness, and feelings of anger or stress. People in “low-quality jobs” feel significantly worse on weekdays than on weekends and are less likely to feel happiness, experience learning or feel respected.
On average, people in negative work environments stay home 1.25 days each month, 15 days a year more than those in more “pleasant” work environments.
Factors contributing to a negative work environment include job dissatisfaction, an authoritative boss, lack of trust and lack of focus on individual strengths.
A strong worker well-being is determined by engaging work with opportunity for career development, social time with family and friends, regular exercise (30 minutes/day), frequent laughter and job satisfaction.
We have the proof that positive work environments promote employee health and well-being, now what are we going to do with it?
For starters, you could:
- Explore some of our past ideas to reduce stress at work.
- Help improve employee health, loyalty and engagement by starting a wellness program.
- Play video games at work.
- Or, just break stuff.
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