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Work is a big part of what's making us unhappy, Gallup CEO says

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry

Sep 27, 2022

Jon Clifton weighs in on workplace engagement, global unhappiness and why it's sometimes a good thing when polls confirm conventional wisdom.

"We spend so much of our lives at work," says Gallup CEO Jon Clifton. "There's one analysis that says it's 115,000 hours — which is 13 years of a person's life."

Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

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