As a full-time worker, you put in around 2,000 hours a year at work, or one-fourth of your available time.
Finding a work you enjoy is vital since your company will be claiming a significant portion of your time, which is possibly your most valuable resource. However, that isn’t always a simple procedure. A Spiceworks analysis on job happiness from 2022–2024 opens a new window In 2024, only 50% of IT professionals were content with their existing position.
Another finding that is worth noting is that, according to our statistics, there has been a minor decline in IT professionals’ happiness in recent years. 62% of research participants said they were satisfied at work in 2022, but by 2024, that percentage had dropped to 52%.
But why has there been a decline in job satisfaction? Based on our research of the same study, the five workplace elements that have the biggest impact on job satisfaction are as follows: brings up a new window
- Contentment with the corporate culture
- The belief that workers are supported by management
- Sufficient avenues for professional advancement
- Work that brings satisfaction
- contentment with one’s pay
- Upon further examination of changes within these components between 2022 and 2024, two distinct patterns became apparent.
Reduction in Management Support
Similar negative attitude shifts were observed for beliefs about job possibilities. Although IT workers were marginally more likely to be content (38%) than dissatisfied (32%), in 2024 they were 1.5 times more likely to be dissatisfied.
Real-World Analysis of Falling Workplace Contentment
Not only does the overall data illustrate how job happiness has changed over time, but Spiceworks Community members’ comments also shed light on this phenomenon.
Even if the two-year trend is alarming, some factors, particularly macroeconomic conditions, could cause things to change in the future.
Stay tuned: Through surveys and open discussions in the Spiceworks Community, we’ll keep an eye on how IT workers are feeling.