Survey Men prefer perks like happy hours over unlimited paid time off

Survey Men prefer perks like happy hours over unlimited paid time offSurvey Men prefer perks like happy hours over unlimited paid time offDo you prefer a higher salary over flexible hours, which would give you more work-life balance? Or the chance to do meaningful work, but at a lower salary? These are some of the biggest factors that contribute to happiness at work.Wrike, the collaborative work management platform, released the second part of its findings from the companys inaugural Happiness Index, carried out by Atomik Research. The surveyasked employees in the U.S., Germany, France, and the United Kingdom about compensation, benefits, and perks, with at least 1,000 respondents in each country.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreWhat did the unhappiest U.S. employees say was fruchtwein important to their happiness at work?CompensationFlexible hours/the ability to work remotelyThe chance to do meaningful workThats quite different than what the happiest employees rank as the three most important things to workplace happinessThe chance to do meaningful workFlexible hours/the ability to work remotelyCompensationMen and womens happiness factorsOn the other side, men and women dream about different things that would make them the happiest. Men list management/leadership as their number one, while women list compensation. (Its easier to understand compensation as womens top priority, as theyve been traditionally underpaid across the board across industries).However, men list meaningful work as their number four, indicating they dont need to be doing something meaningful just as long as theyre managing or leading it. Women, however, and list it as their 2.However, money isnt everything. Over half of all respondents 58% said theyd taken a lower-paying job that made them happier.Those who took the pay cut for the new job were 63% more likely to be mostly happy or e lated with the new position.While 72% of men took a pay cut to go after a job to make them higher vs. only 44% of women this is most likely due to a gender pay gap.Perks Who wants them? MenApparently so. The survey shows that male employees dig perks when theyre things/events, mostly preferring perks over money. They even prefer events like happy hours (28%) to more or unlimited PTO (23%).Women vastly appreciate work-life balance perks like paid time off but mainly more money.More or unlimited PTO 23% men 34% womenFree snacks 10% men 3% womenHappy hours, team building 28% men 14% womenOnsite conveniences like gym or laundry 12% men 6% womenNo perks, just money, please 15% men 34% womenCompanies have long sought for new ways to engage employees and build loyalty with their culture and create happy workplaces with perks, but its hard to pin down how those efforts have added up to happiness, said Wrike Vice President of People Operations Megan Barbier, in a release. You might also e njoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons from Benjamin Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 habits of mentally strong people