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One in four Canadians fears losing their jobs
'Blue Monday' survey finds more people unhappy this year
As the most depressing day of the year rolls around, Canadians will have even more to lament this "Blue Monday," as darkening economic conditions add to the usual woes of cold weather, broken New Year's resolutions and an onslaught of Christmas bills.
Don't like Mondays? As the most depressing day of the year rolls around, Canadians will have even more to lament this "Blue Monday," as darkening economic conditions add to the usual woes of cold weather, broken New Year's resolutions and an onslaught of Christmas bills.
Almost one in four Canadians (23 per cent) now fears losing their jobs, Ontario's Everest College said in releasing its second annual Workplace Blues Survey.
And that only begins to tell the tale.
This year's Blue Monday, every third Monday in January, brings with it a whole host of employment concerns far beyond the usual woes of unpaid big-screen TVs and bone-chilling cold, the survey found.
More people are unhappy on the job this year than last, with 71 per cent now saying they suffer at least occasional bouts of work-induced blues versus 63 per cent a year ago.
More than half of Canadians (57 per cent) say they are not at all optimistic they will get a promotion in the next year.
Fully a third of all the 619 employed Canadian adults surveyed by Harris/Decima in the final days of November fear they couldn't find a job even if they looked.
"Between work and the economy, Canadians have even more to be depressed about this year as we approach the dreaded Blue Monday," Everest said.
The dour economic prospects are weighing most heavily on the younger set, with almost half of 18 to 24 year olds (49 per cent) singing "the workplace blues" compared with the 17 per cent of those over 50, who were least chagrined.
The mood is darkest in Ontario, where survey respondents were least optimistic about finding a new job, with 39 per cent saying they doubted they could land new employment over the course of the year.
But there is a silver lining: Gender equality. The number of females and males saying work gave them the blues was virtually the same (24 per cent of women and 23 per cent of men).
'Blue Monday' survey finds more people unhappy this year
As the most depressing day of the year rolls around, Canadians will have even more to lament this "Blue Monday," as darkening economic conditions add to the usual woes of cold weather, broken New Year's resolutions and an onslaught of Christmas bills.
Don't like Mondays? As the most depressing day of the year rolls around, Canadians will have even more to lament this "Blue Monday," as darkening economic conditions add to the usual woes of cold weather, broken New Year's resolutions and an onslaught of Christmas bills.
Almost one in four Canadians (23 per cent) now fears losing their jobs, Ontario's Everest College said in releasing its second annual Workplace Blues Survey.
And that only begins to tell the tale.
This year's Blue Monday, every third Monday in January, brings with it a whole host of employment concerns far beyond the usual woes of unpaid big-screen TVs and bone-chilling cold, the survey found.
More people are unhappy on the job this year than last, with 71 per cent now saying they suffer at least occasional bouts of work-induced blues versus 63 per cent a year ago.
More than half of Canadians (57 per cent) say they are not at all optimistic they will get a promotion in the next year.
Fully a third of all the 619 employed Canadian adults surveyed by Harris/Decima in the final days of November fear they couldn't find a job even if they looked.
"Between work and the economy, Canadians have even more to be depressed about this year as we approach the dreaded Blue Monday," Everest said.
The dour economic prospects are weighing most heavily on the younger set, with almost half of 18 to 24 year olds (49 per cent) singing "the workplace blues" compared with the 17 per cent of those over 50, who were least chagrined.
The mood is darkest in Ontario, where survey respondents were least optimistic about finding a new job, with 39 per cent saying they doubted they could land new employment over the course of the year.
But there is a silver lining: Gender equality. The number of females and males saying work gave them the blues was virtually the same (24 per cent of women and 23 per cent of men).
