In answering this question, I would like to look first at the elements that combine to make a job undesirable. By avoiding such factors, potential employees are more likely to find a job that is more worthwhile, and by doing so, to achieve happiness in their work.
First of all, it doesn't matter if you are an unskilled worker cleaning the floor, a semi-skilled blue-collar worker on a production line in one of the manufacturing industries, or a white collar worker at a bank, shop or one of the other service industries; if you lack career security, with the knowledge that you might lose your task at any time, you will never feel happy. Everybody would like a steady spot in which he or she is guaranteed work. Nowadays, however, companies have a high turnover of staff, hiring new staff and firing others on a weekly basis. Such companies are not popular with their workers.
The same can be said about a job in which you are put under a lot of stress and worry, a job which is so demanding that it takes over your life, a job where you work unsociable hours and so never get to see your family or friends, or a physical job in which you do the same thing every day and end up with the industrial disease that is always in the papers nowadays - repetitive strain injury (RSI).
With all these negative factors, it would be difficult to believe that there are any elements that make a business worthwhile. Money is, of course, the prime motivator, and everybody wants a good salary, but of course that is not all. The chance of promotion, of being given a better position in a company, is a motivating factor. Likewise, perks such as a free lunch or a company car, an incentive scheme to make you work hard such as a regular increment / pay rise above the rate of inflation, sickness benefit in case you fall ill and a company pension scheme so that you have some money when you retire all combine to make a job worthwhile.
Unfortunately, it is not always easy to find all of these. There is, however, an alternative. Forget the office and the factory floor and become self-employed and task for yourself. Your future may not be secure, but at least you will be happy.
In answering this question, I would like to look
first
at the elements that combine to
make
a
job
undesirable. By avoiding such factors, potential employees are more likely to find a
job
that is
more worthwhile, and by doing
so
, to achieve happiness in their work.
First of all
, it doesn't matter if you are an unskilled worker cleaning the floor, a semi-skilled blue-collar worker on a production line in one of the manufacturing industries, or a white collar worker at a bank, shop or one of the other service industries; if you lack career security, with the knowledge that you might lose your task at any time, you will never feel happy. Everybody would like a steady spot in which he or she
is guaranteed
work. Nowadays,
however
,
companies
have a high turnover of staff, hiring new staff and firing others on a weekly basis. Such
companies
are not popular with their workers.
The same can
be said
about a
job
in which you
are put
under
a lot of
stress
and worry, a
job
which is
so
demanding that it takes over your life, a
job
where you work unsociable hours and
so
never
get
to
see
your family or friends, or a physical
job
in which you do the same thing every day and
end
up with the industrial disease
that is
always in the papers nowadays
-
repetitive strain injury (RSI).
With all these
negative
factors, it would be difficult to believe that there are any elements that
make
a business worthwhile. Money is,
of course
, the prime motivator, and everybody wants a
good
salary,
but
of course
that is
not all. The chance of promotion, of being
given
a better position in a
company
, is a motivating factor.
Likewise
, perks such as a free lunch or a
company
car, an incentive scheme to
make
you work
hard
such as a regular increment / pay rise above the rate of inflation, sickness benefit in case you fall ill and a
company
pension scheme
so
that you have
some
money when you retire all combine to
make
a
job
worthwhile.
Unfortunately, it is not always easy to find all of these. There is,
however
, an alternative. Forget the office and the factory floor and become self-employed and task for yourself. Your future may not be secure,
but
at least you will be happy.