U.S. employees are happy, but burnt out
In the U.S. and Canada, workers seem conditioned to accept a new workplace reality: They're always on, always available and tasked with fulfilling the demand to do more with less. According to the Staples Advantage Index -- a new report from research and advisory firm WorkplaceTrends.com and Staples Advantage, the B2B arm of office products retailer Staples -- 86 percent of the 2,602 U.S. and Canadian workers surveyed say they are happy at work and motivated to rise within their current organization. However more than half -- 53 percent -- also report they are overworked and burned out.