Working Life Barometer in the Baltic Countries 2002 (pdf) - mol.fi

JOB SATISFACTION
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When working people in the Baltic countries have been asked how satisfied
they are with their job, it is evident that the great majority are quite satisfied.
The situation has not changed significantly in the last few years. Estonia has
the most who regard their work positively and the least who regard it negatively;
there has been hardly any change there. In Latvia, job satisfaction has
decreased slightly on the whole; and in Lithuania it has increased a little. The
proportion of Lithuania's working people who are very satisfied with their jobs
has grown to 22 %. In all three countries, there are very few (3-4 %) who are
very dissatisfied with their job.
100%
50%
0%
-50%
83%
-16%
-22%
JOB SATISFACTION
LATVIA ESTONIA LITHUANIA
78% 81% 83%
-17% -17%
75% 76%
-100%
'98 '02 '98 '02 '98 '02
Very satisfied 24% 18% 20% 19% 13% 22%
-25%
Quite satisfied Very satisfied
-21%
Very dissatisfied Rather dissatisfied
Quite satisfied 59% 60% 61% 64% 62% 54%
Rather dissatisfied -13% -19% -13% -14% -22% -17%
Very dissatisfied -3% -3% -4% -3% -3% -4%
In Estonia and Latvia, there are no significant differences between men and
women as far as job satisfaction is concerned. The situation was the same in
the preceding survey in the latter part of 1998: then, too, the men's and
women's responses were very similar to each other. In Lithuania, on the other
hand, there are differences: on the whole, the women there are more satisfied
with their jobs than the men are. Again, the previous study had given the same