Welcome to Workplace and on today’s program, we’re looking ____ the results of two recently published surveys, which both deal ____ the same topic — happiness at work. John, tell us ____ the first survey. John: Well, this was done ____ a human resources consulting firm, ____ interviewed more than 1,000 workers, and established a top ten list of the factors that make people happy at work. The most important factor for the majority of the people ____ was having friendly, ____ co-workers. ____ fact, 73 percent of people interviewed put their relationship ____ co-workers as being the key factor contributing ____ happiness at work, which is a very high percentage. The second most important factor was having work that is enjoyable per ____, that is people actually liking what they do. The two ____ important factors were having your achievements recognized, and surprisingly, earning a ____ salary. Host: I see. So we're not ____ motivated by money? John: ____ not. Any other interesting information ____ the survey? John: Yes, ____ example, 25 percent of the working people interviewed described themselves as “very happy” ____ work. However, 20 percent of employees described themselves ____ being “unhappy.” That’s an awful lot of unhappy people at work every day. John: It is, ____ it? And there were several more interesting conclusions ____ by the survey. First of all, small is beautiful: people ____ prefer working for smaller organizations or companies with fewer than 100 employees. We also find out that, ____ speaking, women were happier in their work than men. Yes, we’re a miserable bunch, ____ we? John And ____ workers, who only work four or five hours a day, are happier than those who work full-time. The researchers concluded that this is probably ____ a better work-life balance. Host: Are bosses happier ____ their employees? John: Yes, perhaps not surprisingly, the higher up people are in a company, ____ they are. So senior managers enjoy their jobs ____ than people working under them. Does the period of time you spend with the same company ____ how happy you are? John: Well, according ____ the survey, happiness declines the longer people stay ____ the same company or organization. The most contented people were those who’d been with a company ____ less than two years, and the ____ contented were those who’d been in the same place of work for ____ than ten years. So, you can stay ____ long in the same place. John: So it seems. And ____, according to the survey, ____ the happiest workers of all are those who are 55 years old or older, ____ because they feel they’re working at the ____ of their abilities.

What makes people happy at work?

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