The last thing you want when you're planning to visit the loo, and one in a novel setting with different skill levels, is the pressure of knowing people are waiting on the other side of the door, wanting to know how it went.

WSJ: In the Driver's Seat

The researchers at the University of Duisburg-Essen found that the rise in dissatisfaction was particularly strong among older workers aged over 50, though the decline in job satisfaction has happened at all skill levels and in companies of all different sizes.

BBC: Angela Merkel's Germany pessimistic about future