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I'm Asking: What Would Make You Like Your Job More?

Mon, 06/16/2008 - 10:03am by SavvySugar
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I recently asked if you love your job or just the paycheck and about 60 percent of you said you do it for the cold hard cash. While I understand monetary compensation is often the most weighty factor in job and career selection (we all gotta eat, right!), it can't hurt to strive for a job that is fulfilling financially, intellectually, and emotionally.

Wacky workplaces like the one depicted on The Office don't suit everyone, but I've found that my friends who work at companies that celebrate humor, creativity, and the ongoing achievements and accomplishments of employees are the most content.

Is there a single factor or shift that would make you happier at your current job?

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  • syako's picture
    syako
    1

    There are a few things that I love about my job - the flexibility from the top and the benefits are fabulous. The compensation - not so much.

    What would make it better? To be honest, having more work and responsibilities. I feel like there are influxes throughout the year where I work really hard on a lot of interesting projects, and then the rest of the year is very slow and boring. I would love to have these projects year round and have more room to be creative. Smiling

    29 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • looseseal's picture
    looseseal
    2

    More money.

    Okay, okay, and feeling appreciated is also pretty sweet.

    29 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • RosaDilia's picture
    RosaDilia
    3

    I wouldn't mind if the directors and other managers offered me to be more involved in the office projects and conferences. I would learn more and it would allow me to perform better at my job and have higher chances for promotion opportunities in the future.

    29 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • Whiplash's picture
    Whiplash
    4

    Honestly, my company is great. It's a fun place to work, the people are awesome, and employees are compensated and rewarded fairly. There are a ton of perks, a great environment, no dress code, etc.

    My issue is that this just isn't the field I want to be working in. I'm not unhappy in this field, but it's not where I see myself for the rest of my life.

    29 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • Lovely_1's picture
    Lovely_1
    5

    I like my job Smiling

    I just wish i got paid a tad bit more. I KNOW I can make more elsewhere...but I hate to leave this job Sad
    I dunno what to do!

    29 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • gab6784's picture
    gab6784
    7

    There are a lot of things I like about my job, namely the flexibility which is great since I have a baby but I think I just need something else to keep me occupied, I feel like I just sit here all day doing nothing and while getting a check for sitting and surfing the web is great I need something more- what? I don't know ANYTHING! lol

    29 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • Schaianne's picture
    Schaianne
    9

    I would love my job even more if we had enough personnel to cover the shifts! As it is, we're always swamped and always having to cover for someone who wants off! (We're "officially" down 2 full-timers - but needed 2-4 more before we were down 2!!!) I'm tired. I'm over-worked. I'm frustrated. I've got way too much on my plate. But ... I LOVE my job and what I do! (I must be crazy!)

    29 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • LesleyP825's picture
    LesleyP825
    10

    The departure of one of my very annoying coworkers would be nice. Oh, and of course more money! Smiling

    29 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • linb's picture
    linb
    11

    I'd like a coworker. I work for a small company (4 people) and I'm the only one that is not family. I'm also the only one under 40. My job is great, and I love working here, but I had more fun when I had another 20-something around. He had to quit when he moved to get his Masters degree in another state, and they never hired a replacement.

    Oh, and of course, more money would be nice.

    29 weeks 1 day ago Report Comment
  • megling's picture
    megling
    12

    Right now, I'm between jobs (finishing my MBA). When I go back I REALLY want to telecommute.

    29 weeks 1 day ago Report Comment
  • fitgirlFL's picture
    fitgirlFL
    14

    I get paid very poorly so more money would make me very happy. Otherwise I am fairly content. I could stand to have more work at times actually as that would give me more of a challenge.

    29 weeks 1 day ago Report Comment
  • insanitypepper's picture
    insanitypepper
    15

    I would like a promotion and a raise that reflect the additional work I've taken on over the last six months. But every time someone quits, and I get additional work, their position is eliminated due to budget cuts.

    29 weeks 1 day ago Report Comment
  • snowbunny11's picture
    snowbunny11
    16

    Syako- I totally agree. I want more responsibilities and more challenging work. It's not a matter of proving myself, we've just run out of that kind of work for a while. I am so bored I cannot handle it.

    And more money. I don't get paid enough.

    29 weeks 1 day ago Report Comment
  • bigestivediscuit's picture
    bigestivediscuit
    17

    Higher pay and a more creative element, though I'd have to move into a different department for that!

    29 weeks 1 day ago Report Comment
  • citizenkane's picture
    citizenkane
    19

    I'm definately with Syako & Snowbunny... I would like more responsiblities. Also if my company offered more incentives along the lines of insurance/mileage, that would help!!

    29 weeks 1 day ago Report Comment
  • zawackirz's picture
    zawackirz
    20

    I'd like to work in politics or for the federal or state government...my resume is being handed to someone who works at the world bank, wouldn't that an amazing job?

    I'm an executive assistant right now and its um...not the most interesting of jobs...but it pays the bills right?

    29 weeks 1 day ago Report Comment
  • ilanac13's picture
    ilanac13
    23

    aside from $$ and a title, i think that having my own office would make me enjoy my job more. being at the level that i'm currently at, i should have my own office but in the era of 'open spaces' i don't and i HATE not having walls and a door.

    29 weeks 1 day ago Report Comment
  • The City Girl's picture
    The City Girl
    24

    I love my job so much. I have my own office with amazing views, my colleagues are friendly, helpful, and social, my supervisor is supportive and makes me feel appreciated, the work is important and rewarding, and the benefits are unbelievable.

    So OF COURSE this all must come to an end; it's just too good to be true (I work for the Senate, and my Senator is termed out in November Sad ).

    There's pretty much no way I'm going to find another job I like as much. But the pay could be better. . .

    29 weeks 1 day ago Report Comment
  • Megatron's picture
    Megatron
    26

    I am so incredibly thankful the job I have right now is only for the summer. I work for a software company helping them put together content for their user conference in September. I have been here for a month so far and I can count on both hands (and that's it) how many things I have done. The pay is great and the people I work with are wonderful, though.

    28 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • tee0206's picture
    tee0206
    27

    More money, as well. I'm paid below the average for my type of position.

    I do love my job, though. It's flexible, I'm mostly unsupervised, I'm rarely at an office, and I'm often in very exciting environments with hot doctors/residents/interns. I hated sitting at a computer all day, so I was overjoyed when the bosses gave me a new position.

    28 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment

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