A new study has revealed that UK businesses’ efforts to create great customer experiences are being hamstrung by employees who don’t buy into and engage with what the company is trying to achieve. Almost two thirds of UK employees (64%) don’t feel their organisation has a clear purpose and the same percentage don’t understand what […]

The idea of engagement is one that has become prevalent in the business world over the last few years, with the new generation of employees valuing happiness over pay. Here, global strategist and business coach Jan Mühlfeit discusses why success actually follows happiness, not the other way around For many people, 2016 was a year […]

Holiday rental company Optima Villas asked 10,000 Brits whether they were happy with their holiday allowance at work, and what would make them more productive during office hours – and between flexitime and better training opportunities, it seems there’s plenty of room to motivate employees across the UK. After the BBC reported in October last year […]

The prospect of Monday morning’s slog to work can start ruining your weekend by Sunday evening. But it needn’t be the nightmarish prospect so many of us suffer every week. Here’s a few ideas from Paul Rowney, Director at Forum Events, to make that Monday morning if not something to look forward to, at least […]

Job listing site Glassdoor has officially announced the winners of the Employees’ Choice Awards, which recognise the best places to work across the UK, France, Germany, the US and Canada. Here in the UK, Expedia tops out the list for the second year in a row. The rankings are based on company reviews shared by […]

Being happy, healthy and having well-behaved children are the true signs of success – streets ahead of being rich, according to new research. Although wealth is often regarded as the sign you have made it, seven in 10 UK adults reckon being content is the true benchmark of success. Less than a fifth of respondents […]

Job satisfaction in the public sector is at its highest level in four years and wider post-referendum optimism is evident among UK employees. However, there is still ample room for improvement in employee development and career progression, which employers must address quickly so as not to lose valuable talent. This is according to the latest […]

The average working adult is only 59% happy in their current job role. Researchers asked 2000 employees to rate their level of contentment at work across 11 key areas, from pay and company perks to relationships with colleagues and the management team. The study found workers are generally happy with their holiday allowance and relationship […]

The Outward Bound Trust is officially the happiest workplace in the UK. The organisation won the accolade at the Laughology Happiness Awards 2016. Winners were honoured at a ceremony in London on 18 November. And in an impressive double, Outward Bound Trust youth leader Rob Smith was also declared the UK’s happiest employee. The awards […]

New research from Perkbox, the UK’s leading employee benefits and perks platform, say 30% of UK workers are unhappy at work and would move jobs for better benefits. The research revealed that the unhappiest workers are in Yorkshire and the Humber where just over two in five (42%) claim not to be happy, yet the […]

Every employee has said at least once during their working life “thank goodness it’s Friday!” – typically expressed in response to a long, stressful workweek and the approaching weekend. However, is TGIF really true? HappyOrNot has researched its vast feedback database to look into the reality of this statement, and the results are telling. Thousands […]

Humans are always trying to define the meaning in everything they do, and that’s especially true of our jobs. Career coach Nancy Collamer recently wrote an article for Forbes in which she outlined five key questions to ask yourself to find meaningful work. Here’s a synopsis of her advice. 1 Which five words best describe […]

People often talk about the back-to-work blues following a long weekend, but according to a recent survey 71% of employees are satisfied with their wellbeing at work. The 2016 Edenred-Ipsos Barometer shows that an average of seven out of 10 employees worldwide are happy at work, with the UK sitting right on that number. The […]

Stephanie Harper, Senior HR Projects Manager at Law At Work (LAW) recently attended LAW’s HR Directors strategic event. One of the key topics was the importance of happiness at work. She gives her take on how and why to inspire happiness at work, what the business benefits are and where the responsibility lies in an […]