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Wellbeing and satisfied employees is the fundament of a successful work place. It promotes health of employees, work atmosphere, engagement, development and productivity. The aim of the present study is to analyze job satisfaction among research and education personnel at The University of Helsinki. The job satisfaction was studied through analyzing the balance between effort and reward, the experience of job demands, control and social support and the effects of saving measures on work motivation. The data for the present study was gathered though an electronic survey and analyzed statistically during spring 2016. The measurement used was the Effort-Reward Imbalance (ERI), a questionnaire created on the theoretical base of the Job Demand, Control and Social support model (JDCS) and the job satisfaction questions were also created on a theoretical base. The results were analyzed with a statistical program, IBM SPSS Statistics 22. Results of the present study showed that the job satisfaction among the participated employees were very high. The employees also experienced somewhat high levels of demands, a high amount of control and social support. A very significant part of the respondents experienced a disadvantageous balance between effort and reward in their work. In addition almost 70 % pointed out that the saving measures had effected their work motivation negatively. There were statistically significant differences between men and women. Women experienced their work more disadvantageous than men. The teaching- and research personnel experienced a very high level of job satisfaction and their work could be characterized as an active type of work providing fruitful conditions for learning and development. On the other hand there were several factors that form a risk for the employees well-being and therefore causes a threat to the active nature of work if the present conditions continues unchangeable.