What does happiness at work mean?
&gt;people at white collar jobs are generally happier than people at blue collar jobs (let me add that I hate this way of classifying jobs, but it comes pretty handy for my current discussion). This seems like a clear result of what I just mentioned. Blue collar workers definitely work for money. They most probably aren’t aligned with their employers or companies’ goals, and they see their jobs as monotone means for making a living, without a mission in mind.<p>I dunno, I was pretty satisfied at my last &#x27;blue collar&#x27; job with everything but the money and the hours. I got to make things every day rich people paid tens of thousands of dollars for, I got to operate and maintain large expensive machines, we all had pretty much complete autonomy, we just followed the schedule, each did our part and made some really nice things. The people I worked with were all great, there was no &#x27;office politics&#x27; bullshit, no manager fuckery, we all just showed up every day and got things done. Our goals aligned with the owners, make the customers happy so the business kept getting work and we all kept getting paid.<p>Everyone that worked there really cared about the business and worked hard to make it successful. Leaving that place was honestly one of the harder things i&#x27;ve done in my life. It was a sad day when I left.