Guardian readers reveal what makes them happy in work
   A survey of 500 readers highlights what makes a happy workplace: being
   [ ] Guardian readers find workplace happiness in small business,
   On 20 March 2014, the International Day of Happiness, Pharrell Williams
   versions of his song, Happy. During the 24 hours of Happiness campaign,
   I joined in by asking GSB readers to take part in a happiness-at-work
   happiness at work means to you.
   The Happiness at Work Survey was designed to give instant feedback on
   an individual's happiness at work and a picture of a whole group's
   happiness. With this survey, the unique factor was that each person
   called "the Guardian 500" with the rest of the UK's working population.
   It's not all a happy song. Only 38% of you are happy at work, which is
   work.
   Age also played its part, with a typical decline in happiness for
   the UK's working population. However, workers under 25 are on the whole
   People working in micro-businesses with fewer than 10 people are the
   happiest. Among the Guardian 500, 64% of people working in
   micro-businesses are happy at work, compared with an average across all
   sizes of businesses of just 38%. So Guardian readers working in
   micro-business are nearly twice as likely to be happy at work than the
   But what else matters when it comes to happiness at work? Doing good
   People generally feel happier at work when they can see that their work
   society (42%) were much more likely to be happy at work (59%, compared
   Autonomy is also great for happiness. Being yourself at work, being
   able to influence decisions and shape your work are crucial to your
   happiness. In fact the most autonomous were nearly always happy at work
   (81%). While this is a well-known driver of happiness at work, it is an
   Perhaps Pharrell could put the results to music: happiness, at least in
   a work context, is about keeping it small, being autonomous and doing
   That's a tune we could all enjoy dancing to, even at work.
   Nic Marks, founder of Happiness Works.
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