sci.research.careers

On Aug 2, 2:20 am, Old Pif wrote:
> On Aug 1, 12:55 pm, "barkerpl...@ "
>
> wrote:
>
> > The question "are you happy" has such different meanings in these
> > other countries that it is almost impossible to compare their rates of
> > reported happiness with the USA. In America, there is a cult-like
> > atmosphere around questions of happiness and work; citizens are
> > expected to chortle that they work hard and are happy no matter how
> > untrue these answers are. If long-term marriage is important to
> > happiness, and wealth matters little, why should French and Italian
> > people, with lower divorce rates, be less happy than Americans?
>
> This can be attributed to the peer pressure, which makes people to
> conceal true feelings ans constantly wear on the face that idiotic
> smile. But once the pressure has gone and they are able to express
> what they really think the picture is not that rosy. The company I am
> in now regularly conduct surveys of the job satisfaction. They
> consistently come out rather bad - job satisfied are less than 40% of
> the workforce. Every year the management creates panels to study the
> issue which result in nothing. Why they are doing that only God knows.

One great thing about the UK is that people still feel free to express
feelings of mediocrity and misery to relative strangers. The
downwardly mobile, the ugly and even the old feature prominently on TV
programs over there despite the steady Americanisation of the
Anglosphere. Failure is a vital part of being human; it should not be
ignored or featured only when followed by success.