A HAPPN survey reveals how singles juggle between professional ambitions and sentimental life. And obviously, passion is more successful than the boss.
Cupid stronger than LinkedIn!
At a time when the start of the school year is awarding the agendas at rush hour, Happn has asked its users their priorities. Undoviated result: 73 % prefer love at work. But beware, the job is never far from the discussions and can even decide on the fate of a first meeting.
Talking about work can create links … or draw barriers. More than a third of singles admit that certain professions are unacceptable. The survey even made it a slogan: “Tell me what a job you do, I’ll tell you if we believe!“.
When the job becomes a red flag
Some professions go wrong with singles. Are notably pointed out:
- Professions in conflict with its values;
- Professions requiring frequent travel;
- The offbeat schedules, rejected by a third of women;
- The same job as yourself, which 14 % of women refuse.
However, it is not the title on LinkedIn that counts the most. Professional fulfillment arrives ahead: 66 % want their Crush to be happy in their job, and 22 % put a professional passion as a priority. At Gen Z, the bar even rises to 32 %.
Between heart and office, the balance remains fragile
The figures also reveal a gap between genres: 61 % of women say they have already sacrificed their career for a relationship, while 45 % of men have rather chosen their professional life at the expense of love. However, the overall trend remains clear: 75 % of singles favor a stable relationship with ambition at work.
Claire Rénier, communication director at Happn, summarizes: “The work is an integral part of the personal identity of singles, and it is therefore naturally a subject that is invited in the meeting. At Happn, we observe that what matters is not the job in itself, but the way it is articulated with personal and sentimental life“.
In short, the career can seduce or cool, but it is often the way of talking about it that makes all the difference.