Being Happy at Work Matters for You—and Your Boss

Being happy at work makes you a better employee and it isn't all about fun. Published on November 20, 2014 by Paul Dolan, Ph.D., in Happiness by Design

Being happy at work is important. Studies suggest that if you’re not happy at work, you’re less productive, more likely to take days off sick, and a poor problem solver. Still, some people maintain being happy at work isn’t important—that happiness is just one possible by-product of a good working environment, and not worth being goal in and it itself. I think, however, this comes from a fundamental misunderstanding of what happiness can mean. In order to discuss whether it’s worth being happy at work—or anywhere else—we should first understand what sort of happiness we are talking about.