You’ll spend 90000 hours of your life at work – make them count – The National

You’ll spend 90000 hours of your life at work – make them count – The National

Satisfaction at work is a big part of our happiness, so we need to get it right





























Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, reviews results of the Dubai Government Employee Happiness Index on Sunday. Courtesy: Dubai Media Office











In his book The Alchemy of Happiness, the 11th century philosopher Abu Hamid Al Ghazali wrote: "He who knows himself is truly happy". The pursuit of happiness and self-knowledge are linked.



Last week Dubai Government published the 2019 results of its Government Employee Happiness Index. This annual survey, in its fifteenth year, seeks to quantify the contentment of government workers across the emirate. The survey assesses job satisfaction, job loyalty, positivity and functional harmony - all critical indicators of employee happiness and subjective well-being.





This year the happiest employees in Dubai reportedly work at the Dubai Statistics Centre, closely followed by those at Dubai Public Prosecution and then at Dubai Police. The report also mentions the departments scoring the lowest on the employee happiness index.



This is not done in a name-and-shame or punitive manner, but rather in a healthy spirit,