Workers are unhappier now than they were at the height of the pandemic.
While it’s true that more companies have recognized the importance of work-life balance in the wake of the pandemic and implemented policies — extended time off, the option to work remotely — to help workers achieve that, it’s not just when or where they work that’s causing employees grief.
Research shows that the biggest cause of job dissatisfaction is unfair treatment at work: inconsistent compensation, lack of support from co-workers and bosses or unreasonable workloads, to name a few examples.