That co-worker who complains about not liking his job? He’s not alone, according to an annual study of social media released by Monster.com and Brandwatch.
Connecticut is the ninth highest state when it comes to more people hating their jobs than loving them. The position is unchanged since 2015’s study. All of the top 10 states are in the eastern half of the country with Michigan being No. 1.
It turns out the real estate mantra of “location, location, location” also applies to job satisfaction. The study found in seven out of the 20 least-populous U.S. states, as ranked by the U.S. Census Bureau, people are tweeting about loving their job at a higher ratio to hating their job. Idaho ranks No. 1 for job satisfaction.
During this study, conducted April 2015-March 2016, Monster and Brandwatch also analyzed how social media job sentiment varied by specific months and days. While July remains the most hated month of the year, October is now the most loved month, a change from last year’s top month for job love, November.
There has also been a shift in the days of the week that U.S. workers tweet most positively about work, with Thursday overtaking Friday as the day with the highest job love-to-hate ratio.
