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Working well | Majority of HR workers 'love' their jobs, survey finds

Majority of HR workers 'love' their jobs, survey finds

Often it feels like the news is all gloom and doom but at last there’s some good news – but new research has revealed that the majority of Brits do actually enjoy their jobs. Not only that, but HR workers scored pretty highly for job satisfaction.

The research was compiled by HR software provider CIPHR, which polled over 1,000 people to get their views on their employment. Although the Great Resignation is in full swing, and employees have more freedom to move from jobs they don’t like than ever before, around two-thirds (65%) of those polled for the research claimed to either love or like their job.

According to the findings, the jobs that Brits most enjoy doing are educational support assistant, teaching assistant and chief executive. These took the top spots – and prove that for Brits, money isn’t all that matters when it comes to job satisfaction.

Business and financial project managers came in at number four, and programmers and software development professionals, including database developers and software engineers, came in at number five.

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