Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 22, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Job satisfaction t he he average work ing Canadian gets weeks of paid vacation per and when its the weekend poll he or she can hardly wait to get Back to the sixty eight percent of the working canadians surveyed in 32 cities look Forward to returning to work after their vacations Only 14 percent say they wish they didst have to re turn to Are canadians prisoners of their jobs not on your More than three quarters of Urban canadians like their work some what or very much Only 4 percent say they dislike their when asked to describe their attitude toward people respond As follows like it very much 58 like it somewhat 18 dislike it somewhat 3 dislike it very much 1 did not state 20 most people appear to enjoy their work because of the opportunities it affords for self realization and so Cial Contact with other in answer to the question what is it about your Job that you like people mentioned the Fol lowing satisfactions self fulfilment 31 social Contact 17 dedication 10 autonomy 10 variety h financial rewards 4 Good working conditions 1 68 of canadians Are eager to get Back to work after vacation other did not state 5 16 the reasons for enjoying work vary significantly according to the Type of occur sales for in Are less Likely than people in other occupations to say that self fulfilment is the reason for liking their work they Are More Apt to that they enjoy the autonomy and the social aspects of their business executives and owners of businesses Are More Likely than other peo ple to put financial rewards first 12 percent of business people report that they like their work for monetary reasons compared to fewer than 1 percent of professionals who give this As their chief professionals Are More Likely than other groups to find their jobs self fulfilling and to claim that they work from a sense of the Rea son most frequently Given by All groups for not liking ones work is Quebe cers Are somewhat More Likely than others to be Well satisfied with their sixty six percent say they like their work very much compared to 46 percent in the Atlantic Region and on the 58 percent in Ontario and 56 percent in not workers in the Atlantic re Gio where Job enthusiasm is Lowarne More Likely than other workers to say they wish they didst have to re turn to work after the average Quebec worker gets More paid holidays annually than his or her counterpart in the other men Are More inclined than women to report that they like their jobs they Are also Likely to get somewhat longer vacations than seventy percent of men but Only 65 percent of women look Forward to re turning to work after holi vacations average weeks for male employees and weeks for when asked How they feel about their jobs men and women respond As follows males females like very much 67 54 like somewhat 20 17 dislike somewhat 2 3 dislike very much 0 2 did not state 16 25 the discrepancy Between the sexes might be explained by the tendency of women to work in occupations with lower less prestige and fewer poll also finds that Peoples feelings about their jobs vary with their the youngest people those Between 18 and 24and the oldest group workers Over 55are least Likely to say that they enjoy their the age group Between 24 and 44 feels the most positive about their perhaps because that is the age when most people find themselves at the Peak of their mental and physical ability As Well As of their earning in the prime age 67 percent say they like their work very Only 38 percent in the over55 group As might be Lowe income people dont like their jobs As much As the higher income people with a High family income Are More Likely to look Forward to work after a but they Are also Likely to take longer vacations than Lowe income Twenty four percent of people whose family in come is Between and say they wish they didst have to go Back to work when their vacations Are Over Only half As Many people12 percent whose family income is More than Long for the Holiday to next week lotteries the Wert nil poll it conducted by data laboratories research Mon under the direction of this weeks poll wok based on 113b Telephone interview by National Market develop ment in 33 of the urgent Urban id the were rounded to nearest whole copies of the Complete Survey Revulta May be obtained by sending a Cheque or Money order to Are kind 390 Bay suite Ontario m5h volume 28 number 29 july editorial offices suite Bay Ontario m5h 2y2 Telephone 416 8686060 editor John Macfarlane Art director Robert priest senior editors Gary Ross Peter syp Nowich associate editors Marco Over Judy Stottman assistant at director Derek unless designer Louise Moreau Art assistant Barbara Wright copy editors a Avn Grade Donna Sanders research Madeline Grant Colleen Gross production editor de Greenwood assistant to the editor Linda Watson editorial assistants Teresa Avey Joan Watson Margaret learn Jill Patrick publisher Lewis Lou Hood advertising 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