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How Americans View Their Jobs
Upper-income workers are the most satisfied with their job overall and with certain aspects of their job
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- How Americans View Their Jobs
- About half of workers are highly satisfied with their job overall, but views of specific aspects of their job vary considerably
- About four-in-ten workers see their job as central to their overall identity
- Most workers are extremely or very satisfied with their relationship with their boss and co-workers, but less so with their pay or opportunities for promotion
- Workers find their job to be enjoyable and fulfilling more often than they find it stressful or overwhelming
- Workers 65 and older are the most likely to find their job enjoyable or fulfilling, least likely to say it’s stressful
- Upper-income workers are the most satisfied with their job overall and with certain aspects of their job
- At least seven-in-ten workers say they’re treated with respect, can be themselves at work all or most of time
- About one-in-four workers say they rarely or never get feedback from their manager
- Workers with higher incomes, postgrad degrees are the most likely to say they regularly respond to work emails and messages outside of work hours
- Assessments of workplace safety vary by race and ethnicity, income
- Black workers are most likely to say they’ve faced workplace discrimination due to race or ethnicity
- Black men and women are equally likely to say they’ve experienced workplace discrimination due to their gender
- Lower-income workers are less likely to have access to basic employer-sponsored benefits
- Most workers say it’s extremely important to them to have a job that offers paid time off for vacations, doctor appointments, minor illnesses
- More than four-in-ten workers who get paid time off say they take less time off than their employer allows
- About a quarter of lower-income workers say they work too few hours