Posted: 08 November 2012 1902 hrs
SINGAPORE: Singapore's Overall Work Happiness Score
has reached its highest since the inception of the survey in
2009.
According to the JobsCentral Work Happiness Indicator Survey, the
Overall Work Happiness Score for Singaporean workers this year
reached 59.8.
This is compared to the 56.4 logged in 2009.
Out of the total 3,299 respondents that responded to the online
survey from September to October this year, 22.5 per cent ranked
'salary' as the most important job attribute.
'Work-Life balance' and 'advancement opportunities' tied in second
position.
"The labour market in Singapore has remained tight and worker
mobility is still high. This means that people have choices when it
comes to jobs and if they are unhappy with their current ones, they
would simply get new jobs," said CEO of JobsCentral Group Lim Der
Shing.
"We have also seen wage pressures across all sectors and workers
are getting higher salary, which is always an important factor for
work happiness," he added.
Mr Lim also acknowledged that 'work-life balance' is a major
concern of workers in Singapore, saying that "employers should have
in place work-life balance friendly policies that prevent excessive
or unnecessary over-time".
He also added that employers should respect employees' personal
time and space and that "a happy workforce ultimately adds to the
bottom line as happy workers are more productive and stay longer at
their jobs".
The survey also found that editorial practitioners have the lowest
Work Happiness score of 54.2, making them the least satisfied of
all workers by job function.
When sorted by salary, workers who earned between S$9,000 and
S$9,999 per month were the most unhappy, while the happiest workers
were those who earned between S$8,000 and S$8,999 per month.
Singapore respondents were also found to be most dissatisfied with
'advancement opportunities' at their jobs.
- CNA/jc
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