How happy are people at work

How happy are people at workHow happy are people at workMost of us would like to be happier at work- to be able to say that the hours and effort that we dedicate to it truly contribute to how happy we are in life.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreHow do we get there? Like happiness overall, happiness at work does not mean trying to be cheerful and enthusiastic all the time. According to research, workplace happiness is much deeper. In the Greater Good Science Centers series of courses on the Science of Happiness at Work, we offer an organizing framework- called PERK- that distills happiness at work into key constructs that can be strengthenedPurpose Feeling that your work aligns with core values and meaningfully contributes to something beyond yourself.Engagement Feeling curious, interested, and inspired experiencing flow and being dedicated to making progress at work.Resilience B eing able to handle setbacks and difficulties in ways that foster learning and growth at work.Kindness A trusting, friendly, and genuinely supportive social climate at work.Our happiness at work quiz is based on the PERK framework, and we have analyzed data from just under 6,000 of the first respondents who took it. Peoples average happiness at work is an underwhelming 72 out of 100 (which is worse than it sounds, considering that the lowest possible score is 20). The findings offer not just a snapshot of workplace well-being among our international quiz-takers, but also some promising opportunities for increasing happiness at work.