American workers hate their jobs so much that nearly half of them wouldn’t wish it on their worst enemy

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If the opposite of hate is indifference, suffice it to say that most workers in the U.S. aren’t quite indifferent toward their employers.

In a global study of 2,200 employees, 600 C-suite leaders, and 600 HR executives, the Workforce Institute at HR software firm UKG found that 38% of workers said they wouldn’t wish their job on their worst enemy—that figure jumped to 45% among U.S. workers.