would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a call center agent in Egypt

2 strangers working as call center agents in Egypt have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 3.0 / 10, average stress 8.5 / 10. 20% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 65% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

2
lives
3.0/ 10
happiness
8.5/ 10
stress
6.8h/ night
sleep
16h/ week
free time
$302/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade20%
would not trade65%
unsure15%

169 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • stressful10
  • chaotic7
  • lonely7
  • meaningful7
  • exhausting5
  • stable5

two call center agents in Egypt have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. the sample is small — read the numbers below as suggestive, not definitive.

asked whether they would trade lives with call center agents in Egypt, 169 strangers have answered. the result is firmly no — most strangers would rather keep their own life: 20% would trade, 65% would not, 15% are unsure.

compared with call center agents worldwide, call center agents in Egypt are more stressed by 0.8 points and less envied by 6 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

compared with everyone else in Egypt, call center agents in Egypt are less happy by 1.8 points on the 1–10 scale, more stressed by 1.3 points, and less envied by 17 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all call center agents globally
    happiness -0.3stress +0.8would-trade -6.0pp
  • vs all lives in Egypt
    happiness -1.8stress +1.3would-trade -17.0pp

fragments