Office workers in Korea think that artists have the happiest profession, according to a new survey on job satisfaction published by Job Korea on Tuesday.

The employment portal asked 1,709 male and female office workers what they thought to be “the happiest profession.”

Artists topped the list with 18.7 percent, a job description that includes poets and painters, while parliamentary members (11.4 percent), cooks (10.2 percent) and those with specialized jobs such as doctors or lawyers (9.7 percent) were deemed the next most fortunate.

More than 60 percent of participants said the reason for their choice was because “they do what they love.” Money (32.7 percent) and free time (26.2 percent) came in second and third as the conceived recipe for happiness.

When asked whether they were satisfied with their own jobs, a thousand of the 1,709 office employees answered “no,” citing the main reason to be low income (40.8 percent). The 709 workers who answered “yes” said they felt their job was worthwhile.



By Sim Guk-by


Intern Reporter
(simgukby@heraldcorp.com)