Post #257,352
5/31/06 10:32:38 PM
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Decent little article on job satisfaction
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1. Do I know what's expected of me at work?
\tYup.
2. Do I have the materials and equipment I need to do my work right?
\tYup.
3. At work, do I have the opportunity to do what I do best every day?
\tYup.
4. In the last 7 days, have I received recognition or praise for doing good work?
\tYup.
5. Does my supervisor, or someone at work, seem to care about me as a person?
\tWho cares.
6. Is there someone at work who encourages my development?
\tNah.
7. At work, do my opinions seem to count?
\tSometimes. Usually.
8. Does the mission/purpose of my company make me feel my job is important?
\tNo.
9. Are my co-workers committed to doing quality work?
\tMost.
10. Do I have a best friend at work?
\tNo.
11. In the last six months, has someone at work talked to me about my progress?
\tYes.
12. This last year, have I had opportunities at work to learn and to grow?
\tYes.
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Post #257,366
5/31/06 11:15:36 PM
5/31/06 11:15:56 PM
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Hmmm - might be time to make a change
Do I know what's expected of me at work?
At a high level yes - details change often though. At a concrete level - no.
Do I have the materials and equipment I need to do my work right?
No.
At work, do I have the opportunity to do what I do best every day?
No.
In the last 7 days, have I received recognition or praise for doing good work?
No.
Does my supervisor, or someone at work, seem to care about me as a person?
Not particularly.
Is there someone at work who encourages my development?
Somewhat in so far is it involves learning more about the business.
At work, do my opinions seem to count?
Not if they diverge from "what we already know how to do".
Does the mission/purpose of my company make me feel my job is important?
Yes
Are my co-workers committed to doing quality work?
Yes
Do I have a best friend at work?
No
In the last six months, has someone at work talked to me about my progress?
Yes - was it accurate or was it fixing blame? - fixing blame - so perhaps NO.
This last year, have I had opportunities at work to learn and to grow?
Yes
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Post #257,377
5/31/06 11:42:06 PM
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Are we all answering this quiz now?
1. Do I know what's expected of me at work?
Yup.
2. Do I have the materials and equipment I need to do my work right?
Yup.
3. At work, do I have the opportunity to do what I do best every day?
Yup.
4. In the last 7 days, have I received recognition or praise for doing good work?
Yup.
5. Does my supervisor, or someone at work, seem to care about me as a person?
Yup.
6. Is there someone at work who encourages my development?
Nope.
7. At work, do my opinions seem to count?
Yup.
8. Does the mission/purpose of my company make me feel my job is important?
Yup.
9. Are my co-workers committed to doing quality work?
Yup.
10. Do I have a best friend at work?
Nope.
11. In the last six months, has someone at work talked to me about my progress?
Yup.
12. This last year, have I had opportunities at work to learn and to grow?
Yup.
I think I'm keeping this job for now. :-)
Cheers,
Ben
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Post #257,381
6/1/06 12:39:25 AM
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My turn.
1. Do I know what's expected of me at work?
Yep.
2. Do I have the materials and equipment I need to do my work right?
Most of the time.
3. At work, do I have the opportunity to do what I do best every day?
Yep.
4. In the last 7 days, have I received recognition or praise for doing good work?
Yep.
5. Does my supervisor, or someone at work, seem to care about me as a person?
Yep.
6. Is there someone at work who encourages my development?
Yep.
7. At work, do my opinions seem to count?
Yep.
8. Does the mission/purpose of my company make me feel my job is important?
Um. I guess so.
9. Are my co-workers committed to doing quality work?
Most.
10. Do I have a best friend at work?
Sorta.
11. In the last six months, has someone at work talked to me about my progress?
Yep.
12. This last year, have I had opportunities at work to learn and to grow?
Yep.
I guess I pass. :-)
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Post #257,384
6/1/06 1:48:09 AM
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I've seen that survey before
my employer used it in the last all employees survey, hmm, the results should be out soonish....
Have fun,
Carl Forde
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Post #257,418
6/1/06 7:53:10 AM
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our company used the same survey
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Post #257,458
6/1/06 2:15:28 PM
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do those of us who are unhappy with our jobs
get to bitch slap the giddy ones at Beep's?
Just a thought. Then again, we'll just throw yall in the pool :-)
a.
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Post #257,461
6/1/06 2:21:52 PM
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Silly Qwerky ... *everyone* gets thrown in the pool
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Post #257,518
6/2/06 12:24:04 AM
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Post #257,524
6/2/06 2:05:05 AM
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Really? Then Greg is *your* job.
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #257,531
6/2/06 8:42:02 AM
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Greg is *eeeeeeeeverybody's* job
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Post #257,566
6/2/06 1:01:39 PM
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Not mine. I value my life.
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #261,707
7/14/06 12:24:34 PM
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Here comes
1. Do I know what's expected of me at work?
Sometimes better than my boss
2. Do I have the materials and equipment I need to do my work right?
Yes
3. At work, do I have the opportunity to do what I do best every day?
If I fight for it
4. In the last 7 days, have I received recognition or praise for doing good work?
Not really
5. Does my supervisor, or someone at work, seem to care about me as a person?
Nope
6. Is there someone at work who encourages my development?
Myself?
7. At work, do my opinions seem to count?
If I fight for it (I developed a reputation for shooting matches with my boss)
8. Does the mission/purpose of my company make me feel my job is important?
Dunno. We're financial company trying to switch from purcahsed software to home-grown. As such, we're bucking the industry's trend. Sometimes I think that the whole thing is just a set-up by some upper management, so that smemony somewhere can say "I told you so", fire the whole team and oust some VP who talks too much.
9. Are my co-workers committed to doing quality work?
Yes, when they recognize "quality". Putting "usleep(500)" in the code to avoid occasional crash on startup is considered too bad, rewriting the code is considered too dangerous, so we just have a shell wrapper to restart the process.
10. Do I have a best friend at work?
No
11. In the last six months, has someone at work talked to me about my progress?
Yes. But that was rather useless.
12. This last year, have I had opportunities at work to learn and to grow?
Hardly.
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Post #261,732
7/14/06 1:55:03 PM
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BTW I read the book that that's from
It was an interesting book. Better than the usual (mis)management fluff.
Cheers,
Ben
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