84% of Millennials believe theyre currently working their dream job

84% of Millennials believe theyre currently working their dream job84% of Millennials believe theyre currently working their dream jobOver a third (37%) of employees ranked good work-life balance as most important to giving work meaning according to an online-course destination Udemy released in their 2019 Workplace Happiness Report.The results of the report, a survey of 1,000 U.S. office workers, were broken down by generation, and, as usual, Millennials stood out.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreOnly 25% of Millennials picked work-life balance as the most important thing (they chose constantly learning, growing, developing as number one), but other generations were on-board. Gen Z made it their first priority (42%), as did Gen x (40%), and Baby Boomers (48%).While an optimistic 69% of all respondents said they were currently in their dream job, a soaring 84% of Millennials said they were workin the dream.Yet, they were also full of contradictions, with 70% responding that they would rather have a shorter commute to a less fulfilling job.A majority (62%) of workers overall would take a pay cut to work for a company with a mission they believed in. However, that number spiked when it comes to Millennials, at 78%, and dropped when it comes to Gen X (43%) or Boomers (43%).Millennials seem to have a pretty nice setup when it comes to work flexibility 62% are able to set their own schedules, and 50% can work remotely when they want. However, when those numbers are broken out by gender, a disturbing gap appears.Among Millennial men, 57% are able to set their own schedules. Among Millennial women, only 36% are able to.And when it comes to working remotely, 45% of Millennial men are able to work remotely when they want. Only 36% of Millennial women are able to do so.Overall, however, a solid 90% of employees overall agree or strongly agree that they find meaning in their careers.You might also enjoyNew 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