You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Write about the following topic:
| As most people spend a major part of their adult life at work, job satisfaction is an important element of individual wellbeing. What factors contribute to job satisfaction? How realistic is the expectation of job satisfaction for all workers? |
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Write at least 250 words.
Question Analysis
As most people spend a major part of their adult life at work, job satisfaction is an important element of individual wellbeing.
What factors contribute to job satisfaction?
How realistic is the expectation of job satisfaction for all workers.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
POINT 1: Giving reasons & relevant examples
POINT 2: Vocabularies for topics: job satisfaction, happy, content, satisfied
POINT 3: General/Abstract statement -> Specific, Clear Support
BRAINSTORMING
Topic:
What make you happy about/with your job?
There are numerous factors that go into making a job satisfying, such as …
While there are many things people may desire from their work, such as that it be challenging, or highly paid, or widely respected, none of these are really key to job satisfaction.
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A happy employee is a more productive and content employee. So what makes an employee happy with their job? A good salary, with good benefits and a good work environment only go so far. Employees want job satisfaction, they want to feel like they are a part of something and that their contributions are appreciated.
What makes you happy about your job? Everyone will be happy with more money, but there are many other ways to keep your employees happy and satisfied in their job. Employees want to know their work is appreciated, they want to do a variety of tasks, they want to grow and learn new skills and they want to know they are part of something. Employee satisfaction increases productivity, decreases absenteeism, and decreases job turnover.
Idea/Conclusion:
The issue is compounded by the fact that the variables involved lack a set level of importance. Instead, they become more or less important depending upon the personality of the person in question and on his or her personal circumstances
As is often the case in emotional affairs, the only factor that really matters is one’s willingness to be satisfied. That is, we feel, in general, how we choose to feel.
Because job satisfaction relies on a combination of ever-shifting factors, it seems unrealistic to expect everyone to be satisfied with their job. …
Job satisfaction, then, is a matter of subjective attitude, rather than of objective circumstance. This implies that everyone can achieve job satisfaction. …
Expressions for factors/variables:
There are numerous factors that go into making a job satisfying, such as …
Job satisfaction depends on a range of factors, including compensation, prestige, and stressfulness.
Comparing:
Likewise, some extroverted people could only find a job satisfying that put them in close contact with people, whereas others would only be happy if their job kept them out of the public eye.
Similarly, social people find job satisfaction when working with others, while shy people find it when working alone.
Likewise, someone in their twenties might not care much if their job involved no recognition, whereas the same person in their forties might be very concerned with accomplishing something noteworthy in his career.
In the same way, younger people are less likely than older people to worry about working a prestigious job,
Example:
Consider, for instance, someone working as a dishwasher in a diner, a summer job I have actually done myself.
Hypothesis:
Surely, one might think, this position could not possibly bring with it any sort of job satisfaction.
It might seem as if this position would have low job satisfaction.
Personal Experience/ Anecdote:
It gave me a sense of independence, and allowed me to better appreciate my free time.
It made me more self-sufficient and gave me a reason to enjoy my time off.
Reality:
In practice, it is probably unrealistic to expect all workers to adopt a healthy outlook on their work. Practically speaking, some workers will inevitably be disappointed by at least some aspects of their jobs.
Complete Essay 1
There are numerous factors that go into making a job satisfying, such as how enjoyable and challenging one finds the work, how much one gets paid for doing it, how much stress is involved, and how highly the work is viewed by society. The issue is compounded by the fact that the variables involved lack a set level of importance. Instead, they become more or less important depending upon the personality of the person in question and on his or her personal circumstances.
Whether a person can find a particular job satisfying depends largely on their personality. For instance, some people find very challenging jobs satisfying. They might enjoy, say, being a medical doctor, having to perform difficult surgery with lives hanging in the balance. Others, though, would find that too stressful. They might prefer a job that was more relaxed, such as a position in retail sales. Likewise, some extroverted people could only find a job satisfying that put them in close contact with people, whereas others would only be happy if their job kept them out of the public eye.
Moreover, people’s preferences change as their circumstances do. A single man might be perfectly satisfied with a job that paid only $30,000/year, if it was fairly enjoyable work. The same man with a wife and a baby on the way, might find such a job frustratingly limiting, and might only be satisfied with a job that paid twice that much. Likewise, someone in their twenties might not care much if their job involved no recognition, whereas the same person in their forties might be very concerned with accomplishing something noteworthy in his career.
Because job satisfaction relies on a combination of ever-shifting factors, it seems unrealistic to expect everyone to be satisfied with their job. Some people will simply not be able to find work that meets their current needs, while many of those who do will eventually change so much that their work ceases to be satisfying to them.
Complete Essay 2
While there are many things people may desire from their work, such as that it be challenging, or highly paid, or widely respected, none of these are really key to job satisfaction. Instead, as is often the case in emotional affairs, the only factor that really matters is one’s willingness to be satisfied. That is, we feel, in general, how we choose to feel.
Consider, for instance, someone working as a dishwasher in a diner, a summer job I have actually done myself. The work is menial, repetitive, dirty – in a word, unpleasant. It pays the bare minimum wage, and garners no respect from anyone. Moreover, it was not my choice to work there, but my parents, who felt that my having a summer job would build character. Surely, one might think, this position could not possibly bring with it any sort of job satisfaction.
And yet, I did find the job satisfying. It was honest work, and the money I earned was sufficient to meet my needs at the time. It gave me a sense of independence, and allowed me to better appreciate my free time. I could have chosen to resent being forced to work there, or to sullenly feel that I was doing work that was beneath me. The circumstances would have been exactly the same, and I would have experienced zero job satisfaction. But I was prepared to be satisfied, and so I was.
Job satisfaction, then, is a matter of subjective attitude, rather than of objective circumstance. This implies that everyone can achieve job satisfaction. In practice, it is probably unrealistic to expect all workers to adopt a healthy outlook on their work. However, those who wish to find satisfaction in their work will do so, and those who don’t at least are only going to miserable by choice, which is their right.
Model Answer from the textbook
Nowadays many adults have full-time jobs and the proportion of their lives spent doing such jobs is very high. So feelings about one's job must reflect how an individual feels about his or her life as a whole, and because of this, job satisfaction is indeed very important for the wellbeing of that person.
Employees get job satisfaction in a number of ways. Firstly, a person needs to feel that they are doing valued and valuable work, so positive feedback from superiors is very important in this respect. A sense of fulfilment is also encouraged if a worker feels the job is worth doing because it contributes to the society or the economy as a whole. Secondly, when someone feels they are improving or developing their skills through training opportunities, for example, then there is a sense of progression and purpose that rewards a worker. The sense of belonging to a team or a working community also contributes to job satisfaction because colleagues help each other to enjoy their working lives. Satisfaction is also increased by a sense of responsibility for and loyalty to a team.
Of course not everyone enjoys their work. Hard economic realities mean that many people have little choice in the kind of job they can get. In some cases an employee is working in a job that suits neither their skills nor their personality. Some jobs are repetitive and boring, and labour relations may be poor and lead to resentment and insecurity rather than to job satisfaction.
However, even though it is unlikely that all workers do feel happy in their work, I think it is not unrealistic to promote more job satisfaction in any job. If the factors identified above are implemented, then any job can be improved and more workers can feel greater degrees of job satisfaction.
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