Singaporean & Malaysian Employees Unhappiest in Asia

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Singaporeans were last in a survey measuring the happiness levels of employees in Asia, with Malaysia coming in second from bottom, a joint venture between jobsDB and JobStreet.com under SEEK Asia.

In the survey topped by Filipinos, as many as 50,686 employees from Asia were asked how happy they are at work, based on a scale of 0-10, with 0 being ‘extremely unhappy’, and 10 being ‘extremely happy’. While the Filipino employees attributed their happiness to a great workplace that’s easily accessible, on the other end of the spectrum, an alarming 20% of the respondents have the desire to leave their current job and seek their happiness elsewhere, with a few even reporting their desire to change careers and start out fresh in the next six months.

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