The peaceful life that our ancestors used to live some years ago has become a dream for our generation. The stress that our generation is going through is unmatchable. The reasons are many but the ultimate result is our stress that makes us completely miserable and wretched. The life has become global but we are confined in our own selves. We might have thousands of friends online but have we ever questioned ourselves that how many of them are real. We are surrounded by many people but feel empty inside. It is a world known fact that job dissatisfaction could be one major reason for this emptiness and stressful life. Blame your bosses or low income or may be your colleagues are not cooperative, anything could get you ample stress and kill your happiness. Your office hours might be 9 or 10 hours a day but dissatisfied employment can gift you with a 24-hour non-stop supply of stress.
Numerous researches have been conducted till date to discover and describe the ill effects of job dissatisfaction. It grabs people in their late 20s and 30s to enlace them into emotional and health issue by the time they finish their 40s. A new research has been conducted recently to show that one’s feelings about their jobs do affect their mental health to a large extent. People spent half of their day in office and if the place doesn’t provide positive energy to them, the probability of employees suffering mental issues increases.
“We found that there is a cumulative effect of job satisfaction on health that appears as early as your 40s,” said lead author Jonathan Dirlam, doctoral student at The Ohio State University, in the US.
It is found out that the people who are annoyed with their jobs during the start of their career are comparatively more depressed and unhappy in their lives. They could also suffer from insomnia for rest of their lives.
Such people tend to get health problems like back pain and frequent colds as they deal with job satisfaction and downward trending careers compared to the other group.
“The higher levels of mental health problems for those with low job satisfaction may be a precursor to future physical problems,” added Hui Zheng, Associate Professor at Ohio State. “Increased anxiety and depression could lead to heart diseases or other health problems that won’t show up until they are older,” he added.
Whereas, the employees who receive early promotions and timely salary hike, didn’t show the traits of health problems. Also, they were not dissatisfied as starting low in their careers as they get better over the course.
For the research, the team of researchers examined the job satisfaction trajectories for people of 25 to 39-year-old age. It is reported that, all these participants reported various health issues after they turned 40.
The researchers grouped participants in 4 packs, i.e. consistently low and consistently high job satisfaction, those whose satisfaction started high but were trending down and those who started low but were trending higher.
The researchers found out that almost 45% of participants were having consistently low job satisfaction, while the other 23% had levels that were trending downward through their early career. Almost 15% people were consistently happy with their jobs and around 17% were trending upward.
