The happiest place to dwell and work within the UK has been revealed, and it seems the capital doesn’t even function within the prime three.
Cambridge was discovered to have the nation’s happiest workers in a current examine, incomes a successful rating of 78.2% job satisfaction and beating bigger cities to first place.
Brighton got here in second with a 77.6% satisfaction score, whereas Bristol and Newcastle each scored 77.4% and got here out joint third.
Regardless of its standing because the epicentre of the British financial system, London was ranked fifth by employees, gaining factors for the variety of alternatives out there however shedding out primarily based on pay in relation to the price of residing.
The analysis was undertaken by job web site Glassdoor’s Financial Analysis staff, which analysed over 100,000 nameless employer evaluations from 20 cities.
When workers go away a evaluation for an organization they’ve labored for, they’re requested for suggestions on seven various factors; total job satisfaction, profession alternatives, tradition and values, optimistic enterprise outlook, compensation and advantages, senior management, and work-life stability.
The UK’s happiest locations to work
These are Glassdoor’s official prime 10 UK cities with the very best worker satisfaction, ranked out of 5:
- Cambridge – 3.91
- Brighton – 3.88
- Bristol – 3.87
- Newcastle – 3.87
- London – 3.85
- Leeds – 3.84
- Nottingham – 3.81
- Manchester – 3.8
- Oxford – 3.8
- Cardiff – 3.77
Whereas Cambridge led the pack in a variety of these areas, Brighton scored prime marks for compensation, senior management and work-life stability.
Newcastle’s workers rated their firms’ range and inclusion insurance policies greatest; the North East metropolis was given 4.1 out of 5 in comparison with a nationwide common of three.89.
On the alternative finish of the spectrum, nevertheless, Sheffield’s scores had been beneath common in each issue assessed – and Liverpool didn’t fare a lot better both.
Commenting on the analysis, Lauren Thomas, UK economist at Glassdoor mentioned: ‘London is commonly romanticised as town to succeed in the height of your profession and incomes capability, however Glassdoor’s newest evaluation exhibits that you’ll find a job with an amazing wage and work-life stability exterior of the M25. Smaller cities are successful the hearts of employees.
‘With its place because the UK’s sixth greatest metropolis for work-life stability, London resides as much as its repute as a stress cooker.
‘The capital’s superb profession alternatives and prime pay are generally cited to justify the stress, nevertheless, evidently job seekers don’t at all times agree; London positioned sixth for compensation and advantages – regardless of the very best salaries within the nation.
‘Whereas this doesn’t essentially imply London salaries are low, it may very well be a powerful indicator that rising rents and home costs, the price of residing disaster and inflation are making town unaffordable.’
Based on Rightmove, the common home worth in Cambridge is £551,732, virtually £200,000 lower than the determine for London.
Employees within the capital could make 27% greater than the UK median, however that is rapidly eaten up as households should spend 58% greater than these in different city locales for a primary way of life.
The stats put paid to the parable that London’s streets are paved with gold, that’s for positive.
The query is, the place would your yellow brick street to the proper job lead?
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