Americans don't dislike work quite as much as shows and movies that seek to capture the essence of the U.S. workplace — think the Office Space printer scene — might suggest.
According to a recent report based on a survey of 517 workers by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), a whopping 88 percent of the nation's employees report "overall satisfaction" with their current jobs. That's the highest level of satisfaction in the past decade reports the trade group.
That's not to say people are so in love with their jobs that they can't fathom leaving. Only 17 percent said they are "very likely" to leave their current employer in the next year, while 22 percent called such a scenario "likely." The other 61 percent of respondents said they would probably not leave their organization in the near future, with about half of those calling it "very unlikely."
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