On the day the Prime Minister launched a £2m ‘Happiness Index’ to measure the nation’s happiness, a national survey shows that people who chose to work as freelancers are happier than their counterparts working in full time employment for a company. A ComRes survey published this week was an early snapshot of how one sector of the UK’S economic community put happiness at the top of their agendas. The poll showed that nearly three-quarters (73%) of the 1,624 polled had actively chosen to become freelancers as a long-term career option because of the work/lifestyle choice it offered. When asked to score how happy they are generally on a scale of 1 to 5, where 5=very happy, freelancers score 3.79 for general happiness, while the public score 3.60.
Consultant News, 2010
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