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More and more Americans are miserable in their jobs. The Conference Board research group found that only 45 percent of people are satisfied at work, the lowest percentage since the survey started in 1987 (when the figure was 61 percent). The Conference Board’s Linda Barrington says the results are “not about the business cycle or one grumpy generation,” but rather point to “something troubling about work” in this country. What does it mean that most Americans now hate their jobs?
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It’s the economy, stupid: One thing’s for sure, says Charles Payne at Seeking Alpha. “Widespread unhappiness” among workers is guaranteed as long as no one is hiring and everyone is stuck in their jobs. “Until people can sing ‘take this job and shove it,'” the economy — and our sense of satisfaction — will be “mired in the doldrums.”
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