Can You Guess? Harvard Study Carried Out For 85 Years Finds Out The Unhappiest Jobs

What can be the ‘unhappiest’ jobs in the world? If you are guessing it to be some entry-level positions or low-paying jobs, think again.

Which Are The Most Unhappiest?

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According to an 85-year-old study from Harvard University, the unhappiest jobs are most often the loneliest ones, where employees are not able to work with a team, require little human interaction and don’t offer opportunities to build meaningful relationships with co-workers.

The study, which asked the participants detailed questions about their lives every two years, found that the secret to living a happier, healthier, and longer life isn’t money, professional success, exercise, or a healthy diet; it's positive relationships.

Since 1938, the team has interviewed more than 700 participants from all over the world and quizzed them about their work lives.

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The Oldest Secret To Work-Life Satisfaction

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Robert Waldinger (MD) a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the director of the Harvard Study Of Adult Development, one of the longest-running studies on happiness and work-life balance, explained one of the oldest secrets of work-life satisfaction and confirmed what we have known all along - teamwork is necessary not just for productivity, but for employee morale as well.

“It’s a critical social need that should be met in all aspects of our lives,” Robert Waldinger said, as per CNBC.

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Positive Work Relationships Reduce Stress

The study found that jobs that require little to no human interaction and don’t offer opportunities for interacting with peers have the most miserable employees. “If you are more connected to people, you feel more satisfied with your job, and do better work,” revealed Waldinger, as per ET report.

If possible try to find workplaces where communicating with your teammates on non-work related subjects is allowed. If your manager or work culture values teamwork, this becomes much easier. "Positive relationships at work lead to lower stress levels and fewer days when we come home upset," explains Waldinger.??

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