{"id":888,"date":"2006-06-05T13:54:11","date_gmt":"2006-06-05T11:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/word\/archives\/888"},"modified":"2006-06-05T13:54:11","modified_gmt":"2006-06-05T11:54:11","slug":"job-satisfaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/archives\/888","title":{"rendered":"Job Satisfaction"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was reading this article<\/a> called “Signs you have a great job … or not”<\/i>. The following questions are asked.<\/p>\n

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\n1. Do I know what’s expected of me at work?<\/p>\n

2. Do I have the materials and equipment I need to do my work right?<\/p>\n

3. At work, do I have the opportunity to do what I do best every day?<\/p>\n

4. In the last 7 days, have I received recognition or praise for doing good work?<\/p>\n

5. Does my supervisor, or someone at work, seem to care about me as a person?<\/p>\n

6. Is there someone at work who encourages my development?<\/p>\n

7. At work, do my opinions seem to count?<\/p>\n

8. Does the mission\/purpose of my company make me feel my job is important?<\/p>\n

9. Are my co-workers committed to doing quality work?<\/p>\n

10. Do I have a best friend at work?<\/p>\n

11. In the last six months, has someone at work talked to me about my progress?<\/p>\n

12. This last year, have I had opportunities at work to learn and to grow?<\/b><\/p>\n

…One cautionary note: Your job may not be as wonderful for you as you think if you answer a majority of the 12 questions affirmatively but the few questions that you can’t are among the first six…<\/p>\n

…”If you’re not able to use your gifts everyday, you’ll be pretty frustrated,”…<\/p>\n

…Of course, job satisfaction isn’t a one-way street with a department either meeting your needs or not. In order to answer the 12 questions honestly, you need to know what it is that makes you tick and not blindly blame your department for any job dissatisfaction…<\/i>
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So it makes me think about how we rate our jobs. Pay & benefits are important to everyone, of course, but how do we know what we are truly looking for in a satisfying job? What is our criteria for a job? Are we realistic about what we want?<\/p>\n

In other news, expect me to be using this lot<\/a> if I ever pick you up from the airport. Thank God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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