Young workers express lower levels of job satisfaction than older ones, but most are content with their job
Young workers express general contentment with many aspects of work; personal connections like relationships with co-workers stand out.
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Young workers express general contentment with many aspects of work; personal connections like relationships with co-workers stand out.
Additionally, about half of lower-income parents (52%) say they have not had enough money for food or their rent or mortgage.
Workers who quit a job in 2021 say low pay (63%), no opportunities for advancement (63%) and feeling disrespected at work (57%) were reasons why.
49% of Americans say the availability of affordable housing in their local community is a major problem, up 10 points from early 2018.
About half of U.S. adults who are currently unemployed and are looking for a job are pessimistic about their prospects for future employment.
Distress levels changed little overall from March to April, but this concealed considerable change at the individual level over this period.
Nearly one-in-five U.S. adults say they have had a physical reaction at least some or a little of the time when thinking about the outbreak.
The last year the Postal Service recorded any profit was 2006, and its cumulative losses since then totaled $83.1 billion as of March 31.
Response to the pandemic has pushed the federal budget higher than it’s been in decades, but Americans are slightly less concerned about the deficit than in recent years.
90% of the decrease in employment between February and March arose from positions that could not be teleworked.
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