underworked = unhappy

Despite the common lottery fantasies that focus on kissing off the boss, and the office life, forever, it appears that the employees who consider themselves as having "much too little" work at their jobs are the least satisfied, according to a recent workload satisfaction survey by Sirota Survey Intelligence.

Even more amazing than the fact that the under-busy employees were unhappy was that the slightly overworked employees were the second most satisfied group (according to their own self-rating on both survey items). While workload isn't the sole indicator of satisfaction, it's interesting to note that there seems to be a happy medium of optimal workload that keeps people productive and satisfied.