Udemy Snapshot: 2019 Workplace Happiness Report
The key to finding meaning at work? Balance matters more than pay, praise, or purpose.
Work-Life Balance Rules, But Company Mission Plays a Role, Too.
For the more than 1,000 full-time American employees we surveyed, quality of life drives their career choices and their sense of purpose at work—more than 37% ranked “good work-life balance” as most essential to giving their work meaning. Overall, 69% of respondents are in their dream jobs, with millennials most likely to be living the dream (84%) and Baby Boomers last in line (only 54% said they are working their dream jobs).
Key Findings
- 37% ranked “good work-life balance” as most essential to giving their work meaning
- 84% millennials say their current job is their dream job
- 62% would take a pay cut to work at a company with a compatible mission
- 91% believe their company’s diversity and inclusion initiatives are having an impact
