I’m currently reading thru a book entitled “Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teamsâ€, which up to where I’m at is basically addressing the concept of managing people as people and not as resources. I am finding the book to be very interesting and thought provoking. A large emphasis of what I’ve read up to this point has been focused on employee job satisfaction and overall project/team effectiveness as it relates to it. After reading this I began to think about job satisfaction and what it meant to me personally and how job satisfaction is something that takes on a different meaning to everybody. So I thought that one of the best ways to get feedback on job satisfaction would be to simply ask.
As an employee, what are some of the things that make you more satisfied with your job? Is it pay, project diversity, atmosphere, growth opportunities or something else entirely? This could be something where you work now, where you’ve worked in the past or just something that you recognize as being meaningful to you.
How about for those of you that are also an employer? What are some of the activities, policies, practices or beliefs that you use to help increase job satisfaction?
What about some of the things that as an employee/employer that has directly related to a decrease in job satisfaction?
I’d really appreciate any feedback / input that you can all provide. I want to learn how others in our industry specifically feel about these topics so that I can help to create a better work environment for myself, my co-workers, and my employee’s.
Thanks,
Dave Graybeal