Job satisfaction appears to be up, despite the downturn

According to the CIPD, the net proportion of those satisfied at work has risen from +26 in 2006 to +46 this year. But 52% claim there has also been an increase in workplace stress and 38% have witnessed a rise in office politics. More than third (37%) fear being made redundant and less than a fifth have trust in senior management.
Ben Wilmott, senior public policy adviser at the CIPD, said: "Job satisfaction may have edged up - but this could be the employee opinion survey equivalent of a fixed grin. Employees grateful to have a job are less likely to grumble, and more likely to see scorched earth rather than greener grass on the other side of the fence.
"Employers must ensure that arrangements for informing and consulting employees over major change, such as redundancy, are effective if they want to improve trust in senior management among the workforce."