I just don't see how spiritual awakening suddenly makes a person working 9-5 in a cubicle more happy. For all it is, it probably makes him wonder if living in a forest outside civilization is actually a way more reasonable choice.

Exactly - spiritual awakening might do just the opposite of making someone a contented worker.

Contentment is a state of mind.

Still it's easier and more pleasant to maintain that state of mind not sitting inside a cubicle with a boss yelling at you to work harder.

I'm now picturing a boss telling an employee "Contentment is a state of mind" and that we also need to that hundredth "TPS" report done today

The IT Crowd's take on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZTvMYQSl_w

Correct, but if the goal is to make workers more productive, motivated, etc, then meditation may not be the right tool to use. There are other, more effective methods.

Maybe the goul is to make them happier.

If this is a portmanteau of ghoul and goal you did a very good job.

They are. Not all forms of living are equally valid according to (and compatible with) any religion/spiritual tradition one choses.

The trend is to take a practice completely out of context, and completely out of the spirit of what it was introduced and intended for, and use it a cheap prop to be more efficient in an ill world.