“The research findings are a reflection of prevailing business scenario and employee/worker mindset where they want to be safe and not take any risks,” Monster.com (India/Middle East South East Asia) Managing Director Sanjay Modi said.

The survey further said money does not buy happiness as those with medium level pay packets are happier than those with huge salaries.

Three in five (60 percent) of those with middle incomes say they like or love their job as compared to just over half (52 percent) of high earners. Lowest earners are the least content with less than half (47 percent) saying they are happy at work.

“There are many variables to job satisfaction — and the size of your pay check is only one aspect,” Modi added.

Meanwhile, on the other end of the happiness spectrum, U.S. respondents are the most likely to feel negatively about their jobs, with 15 percent giving their jobs a big thumbs down, followed by UK (12 percent), Germany (10 percent), France (9 percent), Canada and the Netherlands (both at 7 percent).

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