It may be the promotion that went to someone surely less deserving. It may be a news profile of a schoolmate who is a rising star. Or it may be boredom, exhaustion and a lurking question on walking into the office in the morning: “Is this all there is?”
A sense of career ennui stalks many. But repeated studies say we do not start, or end, our working lives that way. Work satisfaction is U-shaped.
As long ago as 1957, a US review of employment research said: “In general, morale is high among young workers. It tends to go down during the first years of employment.” But after that, morale “climbs steadily with age”.
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