The unhappy at work paradox

Unemployment seems to be dropping in the western world, but more and more people are unhappy at work. Why? And what do we do?

Here's what I mean by the "unhappy at work paradox" -- and heck, this seems a good Labor Day topic.

• The U.S. unemployment rate is somewhere between 4.9 and 9.7 percent, which is generally pretty low.

• Global unemployment is higher than that, although still less than about 20 percent -- but youth unemployment is rising dangerously.

But, employee engagement g…