The Hindu Business Line : <I>Indian employees among the happiest in the world </I>

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The Kelly Global Workforce Index sought the views of approximately 70,000 people in 28 countries including almost 2,000 in India.
The survey found that Indian employees ranked seventh out of 28 countries in the global survey for employee satisfaction.

New Delhi , Dec. 3

An international workplace survey by Kelly Services has found that India has one of the highest rates of employee satisfaction in the world.

The survey by the Fortune 500 global staffing leader, Kelly Services, found that 66 per cent of the Indian employees were either happy or very happy with their current position.

The survey found that Indian employees ranked seventh out of 28 countries in the global survey for employee satisfaction.

The most content employees in the global study were in Denmark, Mexico and Sweden and the least happy in Hungary, Russia and Turkey.

The Kelly Global Workforce Index sought the views of approximately 70,000 people in 28 countries including almost 2,000 in India.

Within the eight countries in the Asia-Pacific region, India ranked first along with Indonesia for happy employees.

Ranks seventh

The survey revealed India ranked seventh on a world scale in rating their employer's performance and second along with Australia in the Asia-Pacific region. New Zealand was voted as having the best bosses in the region.

Most happy employees were in the IT industry (66 per cent) followed by business services (65 per cent), engineering (65 per cent) and financial services (61 per cent).

The happiest employees were from Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Delhi, and Tamil Nadu.

"This result suggests that many organisations in India are doing an outstanding job at developing workplace practices that keep their employees engaged and motivated," said Ms Achal Khanna, Country Manager, Kelly Services India.

Only 59 per cent of young managers were happy with their present position, while 69 per cent of middle managers and 70 per cent of senior managers were very happy or happy with their current position.