Job satisfaction: Divided opinions

Paul Smaglik, Karen Kaplan, Shirana Kelly & Dan Penny

Nature 513, 267-269 (2014)

doi:10.1038/nj7517-267a

Published online

10 September 2014

This article was originally published in the journal Nature

Financial woes are marring researchers’ enjoyment of their work.

Researchers around the world love their work, but tight funding is eroding their spirits, according to this year’s Nature Careers salary survey. Although nearly two-thirds of the survey’s 7,216 respondents across the world report being satisfied or very satisfied with their job, nearly half say that they think that the morale in their lab or department is slipping, and two-thirds of those who responded to the question do not believe that the funding environment is improving (see ‘Money and morale’)…

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