A recent study by data analysts and behavioural scientists found the happiest jobs have two things in common, and neither is based on salary. Instead, the secret to contentment in the workplace comes primarily from being given a degree of autonomy and from the satisfaction of seeing a job finished.
This means decorators and tilers are typically more cheerful than call centre staff, for example, because at the end of the day they can stand back and admire their neat wallpaper hanging or flawless grouting.
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