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Welcome to BBC Xtra English.

Today Doug and Rasha talk about the happiest people at work.

If you are over 50 years of age, the chances are you are happy with your job. If you are younger, you might not be feeling so positive about working life.

The mobile phone company Vodaphone asked just under 4000 people about their careers, and 7 out of 10 workers over 50 said they felt fulfilled.

97% of workers that continue working after the age of 65 said they felt empowered and enabled by what they did.

These workers had normally had a working life already, had retired, and then returned to the workforce.

However, only half of the 25 to 31 year olds asked felt satisfied with their jobs. This age group reported feeling 'undervalued and unfulfilled', and generally had negative feelings about work.

43% said they were demotivated.

The report makes some interesting conclusions.

A term has been invented for negative work feelings; 'mid-career depression'. The cause of this might be something stressful like starting a family.

When these life changing situations are over, people are often able to balance life and work better.

Older workers appear to be able to enjoy their jobs again, and get the work-life balance about right.

Younger people have higher ambitions and can suffer greater disappointment.

If you are a younger person have you experienced 'mid-career depression'? If you are an older person are you back at work and loving it? Write to us in English.

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working life

الحياة العملية

fulfilled

حقق ذاته

empowered

قادر على التأثير

enabled

متمكن

undervalued

لا يحصل على ما يستحق من تقدير

mid-career depression

اكتئاب منتصف الحياة العملية

life changing situations

الأوضاع التي تغير مجرى الحياة

work-life balance

التوازن بين العمل والحياة الخاصة

Amira-Almrany from Yemen says:
Hi I'm so happy at my work because the whole nature of work is more interesting. Usually I meet new people and I have more experience. Bye.

Salma Mohammed Ali from Sudan writes:
I am working for a bank in Sudan for a year, so my working life is very short, but I think I am suffering so much because I do not love my work environment, and I feel that I am not enabled or empowered. I have a real problem here.

Amr Ahmad from Egypt tells us:
I think older people achieve their goals, and are in a good place, but the young still search for experience and work more than older people.

Anwar from Yemen emailed us to say:
First of all, jobs these days are not able to offer you a better life and I think all workers are depressed, except managers, and I think we suffer depression all the time.

Ghidey I Mahdy from Sudan wrote in with this:
I graduated as a chemical engineer, I have been working since January 1960 in several fields, and specialised mainly in the cement industry, but tried my hands in contracting - mainly road construction. I acted most of the time as "professional manager". Since 1978 I have been working as a consultant. Today I am 73, and thanks to Allah, I am enjoying my work. You may call it an addiction, but really I am enjoying it.

Majedh Abdalrhman Alsaied from Yemen sent us this:
I love my job, but feel undervalued. I am nearly 45 years old.

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