(BPT) - Does location shape how happy we are at work? Or is it something deeper?
The latest Happiest States report from BambooHR finds that the gap between the states with the happiest and least happy workers stretches nearly 40 points. Surprisingly, those differences don't neatly follow regional lines.
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