Many of us spend five days out of seven in the office, and more time with our colleagues than our families, but how much do we really enjoy our jobs?
Do we see them as challenging careers with opportunities to progress or simply a way to pay the bills? With the help of the latest Global TGI data we investigate, and take a look at how opinions vary across the world.
Of the countries studied, Uganda topped the stakes, with a huge 70% of consumers viewing their work as a career rather than just a job, and nearly two thirds of Indians and Chinese in urban areas agreeing similarly. A very different story emerges in parts of Europe; just 37% of Germans and less than a quarter of Russians see their employment in this way. East African consumers are a particularly ambitious lot, with over 80% of Ugandans and Kenyans aspiring to get to the very top of their careers, compared to just a quarter of Hungarians and less than a third of Brits. Latin Americans seem equally driven, with nine out of ten Peruvians and 84% of Mexicans dreaming of setting up their own business one day. Whilst 67% of Ugandans and 57% of Russians believe that money is the best measure of success, only 30% of Germans and 37% of Hungarians agree. 30% of Brits sometimes bring work home with them, half of Ugandans worry about their jobs during their leisure time and two thirds of Peruvians would sacrifice time with their family to get ahead. Although 67% of Britons feel that the way they spend their time is more important than the money they make, this sentiment is not generally shared across the world; with Hungarians and Germans particularly likely to have the opposite priority.
