Listening - BE 4 - Unit 5: Job Satisfaction

1.

I suppose I do have great people around me, which is good, and I enjoy coming to work.

But my main motivation is financial incentive.

Being in sales means that I can really increase my salary because of my efforts.

The  more I sell, the more I can earn.

The only thing that worries me is that things are a bit unstable at the moment.

I don’t think anyone is really safe.

I just try to keep my head down and do a good job.

2.

What really motivates me is the variety I have at work.

There are a lot of challenges.

No two jobs are the same.

I am learning all the time, you know – developing.

The other thing is, the company offers plenty of chances to talented people.

You can climb the ladder quickly if you are good.

That is very motivating – you feel that if you do good work, it will be rewarded.

3.

It is a huge company. So I am just a small part of a very big machine.

I don’t really get to see the results of my work.

The company could do more.

Someone saying “well done” now and again would be nice.

The main thing for me is flexibility, and I guess freedom.

I would like to work from home some of the time, and be able to organize what I do and when I do it.

Bu the company is keen on people being in the office.

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A recent survey rated PG as one of the best workplaces in the UK.

How do you encourage job satisfaction among your staff?

Attracting, retaining, and motivating employee is the key to any successful business.

We reward and recognize people individually as a company, for their individual contributions, not as group or as total, but individually. – driving their connection to what they work on to the reward and recognition that they get.

Recognizing that great innovation comes from diversity.

Focus on challenging our people, because they need to be challenged to drive job satisfaction. People are constantly challenged to come up with new innovation, new ideas and build ever – stronger and better customer relationship and supplier relationship.

Through 2 pronged approach of committed to people and driving challenging opportunities for them has driven our job satisfaction.

What changes do you see in the way people feel about work ?

Increase in desire for training.

Self actualization, building self, and skills will be a constant demand.

People are encouraged to be lifelong learners to grow and develop and this demand increasing in the workplace.

Drive for feeling a company is socially responsible will also get higher.  They want to feel proud of their workplaces in that respect . They want to feel that they can share with their families and their friends and environment they are working in to be responsible.