New York workers increasingly focused on job quality, flexibility and purpose, Gallup finds | Fingerlakes1.com

"Researchers also found that workers who lacked full-time employment but wanted it experienced the largest wellbeing gap tied to workplace enjoyment. Gallup said the findings reinforce that job quality extends beyond wages and benefits and includes how workers experience their daily responsibilities and whether they feel control over their work lives."

Workers who enjoy their daily jobs report significantly higher overall wellbeing than workers who do not. A global study analyzed responses from more than 350,000 employed adults across 149 countries from 2020 to 2025. Enjoyment at work showed the strongest connection to wellbeing among workplace factors including enjoyment, purpose, and job choice. Workers rating their daily work as enjoyable scored more than a full point higher on a zero-to-10 life evaluation scale. Job choice and autonomy were especially important for full-time employees and for workers ages 25 to 44. In the United States, enjoyment and workplace choice had nearly equal impact, while workers lacking full-time employment but wanting it showed the largest wellbeing gap tied to workplace enjoyment. Job quality includes daily experience and control, not only wages and benefits.

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