What makes you happy at work? Spoiler – it is relationships

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This Fast Company piece on Etsy is the most comprehensive summary of current thinking on the large enterprise efforts to build engagement and “happiness” that I’ve seen.

It deals with the current disconnect many companies are struggling with between knowing that happiness is important and knowing what to do about it.

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  1. Jason,

    What companies make up the exit119a portfolio?

    Do measures of employee disengagement (ED) i.e. employee turnover, job off- shoring, out-sourcing and mass layoffs factor in choosing companies for the portfolio?

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  2. There are 18 companies in the portfolio as it stands today. I’ll put up a post that contains the whole list. With regards to the opposite end of the spectrum, I haven’t done a list of “bad” companies, But Enterprise Engagement, a consulting firm that is doing the same sort of thing has a “bad” companies list. It includes:
    Bank of New York
    Mellon Corp.
    CenturyLink
    Danaher
    Dean Foods
    Dollar General
    Dollar Tree
    Franklin Resources
    GameStop
    McKesson
    Murphy Oil
    Oracle
    Republic Services
    Rite Aid
    Sears Holdings
    Tyson Foods
    United Continental Holdings
    United States Steel

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