Comment by dntbnmpls | Hacker News Reader

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A nice paycheck? What else do you work for? Do people really search for happiness at work?

> people at white collar jobs are generally happier than people at blue collar jobs

Because white collar workers get paid more for less work in nicer settings? I'm betting CEOs are happier than their underlings.

> Blue collar workers definitely work for money.

So do white collar workers.

> and they see their jobs as monotone means for making a living

Sounds familiar in the white collar world.

> without a mission in mind.

The mission is to make the shareholders/stakeholders money. It's the same whether you are white collar or blue collar. Maybe blue collar workers are smart enough not to buy corporate PR unlike some white collar workers.The entire article reads like every mass produced self-help nonsense.

> They are happy about being obsessed with their job and their mission.

You just described a corporation's wet dream - a mindless, hopeless corporate kamikazi singularly focused on the mission. But are they really? Or do they use the obsession to mask their dissatisfaction with life? Is obsession with their job and their mission really something to be happy about? Seems rather dystopian.

You're right, pay check is one of the reason to work, and also one of the condition to be happy at work. But there is others, like: - work/life balance. - autonomy/work load balance. - acknowledgement of the work done by the company. The manager or else. - clear vision of what the company is doing and the role you have in it.

There is a lot more, and a lot of companies don't provide that to their employees.

There is a nice startup[0] that tries to bring happiness at work to other company. What is in for the company ? Better productivity of the employees and less turn over.

[0] Wittyfit. Full disclosure: I worked for them. They are not alone in the field, but I think they are the only one to have a scientific research based product.

> But there is others, like: - work/life balance. - autonomy/work load balance. - acknowledgement of the work done by the company. The manager or else. - clear vision of what the company is doing and the role you have in it.

Yes. This is by now decades old rehashed trope in corporate america.

> There is a nice startup[0] that tries to bring happiness at work to other company. What is in for the company ? Better productivity of the employees and less turn over.

Just like happier cows produce more milk/money. So ultimately, the workers and happiness are just a means to an end ( more money for the shareholders ).

> [0] Wittyfit. Full disclosure: I worked for them. They are not alone in the field, but I think they are the only one to have a scientific research based product.

Let us pray that "scientific" research doesn't one day conclude unhappy workers lead to higher productivity.

Dystopian indeed.

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