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Brits spend over six years unhappy at work

Brits spend over six years unhappy at work

Brits spend over six years of their life dissatisfied at work, according to research from UK job site Fish4jobs.

The researchers found that nearly a third of people (32%) spend half their annual working hours, an average of 861 hours and 12 mins each year, dissatisfied while working.

Over a lifetime that adds up to a staggering six years and six months.

Feeling overworked was by far the most popular reason that workers feel dissatisfied in their jobs, but colleagues’ behaviour also appears to be part of the problem.

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