{"id":285,"date":"2013-05-31T07:16:36","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T07:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/m-web.co.uk\/site\/?p=285"},"modified":"2014-08-15T13:41:03","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T13:41:03","slug":"freelancers-are-among-the-happiest-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/m-web.co.uk\/site\/blog\/freelancers-are-among-the-happiest-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Freelancers are among the happiest workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/m-web.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/smile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-286 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/m-web.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/smile.jpg\" alt=\"smile\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The survey, conducted by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.people4business.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">people4business.com<\/a>, asked 26,000 freelancers their feelings on the forthcoming year and received a resoundingly positive response. Many cited a general improvement in outlook amongst their clients, and a growing trend to restructure businesses with flexible workforces to meet the demands of the expected growth. However, optimism was muted amongst freelancers who work exclusively within the Public sector.<\/p>\n<p>The findings are consistent with recent research amongst employers that indicates temporary and freelance staff will be at the forefront of economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>The research also encompassed a \u2018happiness index\u2019 measured on a scale from moderate to ecstatic. Nearly 20% of freelancers described themselves as \u2018Blissfully happy\u2019 with 86.3% stating that they were happier since switching from permanent positions.<\/p>\n<p>Baby\u00a0Boomers, it seems, are the most likely to have chosen an independent route \u2013 many citing office politics as their main reason for quitting established work. Over 80% of boomer independents plan on staying independent or growing a bigger business. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/haydnshaughnessy\/2012\/09\/07\/who-are-the-happiest-workers-in-america-and-who-is-getting-happier\/\" target=\"_blank\">source: Forbes<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The survey, conducted by\u00a0people4business.com, asked 26,000 freelancers their feelings on the forthcoming year and received a resoundingly positive response. Many cited a general improvement in outlook amongst their clients, and a growing trend to restructure businesses with flexible workforces to meet the demands of the expected growth. However, optimism was muted amongst freelancers who work [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":619,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[33,54,18,20],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/m-web.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/m-web.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/m-web.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/m-web.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/m-web.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/m-web.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":620,"href":"http:\/\/m-web.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285\/revisions\/620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/m-web.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/m-web.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/m-web.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/m-web.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}