If you’re of a certain age you may well remember Mr Angry. He was a regular feature on Steve Wright’s BBC Radio 2 afternoon show. Whilst Steve is sadly no longer with us, Mr Angry is still alive, and may be living in Northern Cyprus.
That’s what a ‘State of the Global Workplace’ survey, conducted by analytics and advisory firm Gallup, suggests. Apparently, 51% of the Northern Cypriot workforce spend most of the day feeling angry. Maybe it’s something to do with them also being the most stressed workers in Europe – another fact uncovered by the survey.
The least stressed? That would be workers in Baltic countries and, of course, Denmark. The latter benefiting from a spot of hygge (pronounced ‘hoo-gah’), a cosy contented mood evoked by comfort and conviviality.
So, you may be asking, where do the Brits fit in? Mixed results to be honest. Let’s get the positives first. Under life/work evaluation we’re ranked 15th in the 38-strong European cohort. Just short of half of British workers said that they were ‘thriving’ and expected to be feeling the same in five years’ time. Top thrivers were the Finns.
Strangely though, despite all that thriving, the UK is, according to the survey results, the second saddest location in which to work. The saddest? You guessed it, Northern Cyprus.
Commenting on the report’s findings, Driver Hire’s CEO Chris Chidley said: “Staff wellbeing is something we are very focused on at Driver Hire So we were very pleased that in our tenth annual ‘Proud Survey’, 98% of our recruitment teams said they were proud or very proud to work for Driver Hire. There was an equally positive response from our drivers – 95% saying they were proud to work for Driver Hire. When people are happy they take pride in what they do leading, to better outcomes for employees, drivers and, of course, our clients.”