In the 2009 edition of an annual job satisfaction survey conducted for The Conference Board, showed that 22 percent of respondents said they don’t expect to be in their current job in a year. In Addition, only 45 percent of Americans said they were satisfied with their jobs, which is a major drop from the 61 percent who said they were satisfied in 1987. While the most recent economic downturn had something to do with it, this is has been a long term trend. This sentiment was crystal clear with the three HR professionals I had dinner with last night. Here’s the story: Part of the solution is to engage top talent and find out how they are doing, reassess the work load of your employees, hire if needed…. Source of Data: I Can’t Get No...Job Satisfaction, That Is: America’s Unhappy Workers Research Report #1459-09-RR The Conference Board MORE: U.S. Job Satisfaction at Lowest Level in Two Decades Americans of all ages and income brackets continue to grow increasingly unhappy at work-a long-term trend that should be a red flag to employers, according to a report released today by The Conference Board. The report, based on a survey of 5,000 U.S. households conducted for The Conference Board by TNS, finds only 45 percent of those surveyed say they are satisfied with their jobs, down from 61.1 percent in 1987, the first year in which the survey was conducted. "While one in 10 Americans is now unemployed, their working compatriots of all ages and incomes continue to grow increasingly unhappy," says Lynn Franco, director of the Consumer Research Center of The Conference Board. "Through both economic boom and bust during the past two decades, our job satisfaction numbers have shown a consistent downward trend." Fewer Americans are satisfied with all aspects of their employment, and no age or income group is immune. In fact, the youngest cohort of employees (those currently under age 25) expresses the highest level of dissatisfaction ever recorded by the survey for that age group. "The downward trend ...