one civil servant in South Korea has 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 civil servants in South Korea, 50 strangers have answered. the result is split almost evenly: 36% would trade, 42% would not, 22% are unsure.
compared with civil servants worldwide, civil servants in South Korea are happier by 1.2 points on the 1–10 scale, more stressed by 2.0 points, and less envied by 21 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.
compared with everyone else in South Korea, civil servants in South Korea are happier by 0.8 points on the 1–10 scale, more stressed by 0.3 points, and less envied by 10 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.