Vocabulary BE 4 - Unit 5: Job Satisfaction

Bonus

Bigger salary

commission

praise

important job title

more responsibility

threat of redundancy

hard-working boss

supportive colleagues

perks

working for a successful company

better working environment

promotion opportunities

more time off

more flexible working hours


Discussion:

What do you find satisfying and frustrating about your work or studies.
There is no such thing as company loyalty these days.
Only successful people can have a good work-life balance.
Job satisfaction is about personality, not external factors.
Job satisfaction increases with age.
Improvements in technology lead to greater job satisfaction.
Job sharing and job rotation are not good for motivation.
People who work from home tend to work harder than people who do not.    

The manager has changed the company’s performance appraisal system, which used to rate 95% of staff as outstanding.

The job advertisement specified that a competitive salary with fringe benefits would be offered.

A lot of people would become demotivated if they had to do a lot of unpaid overtime.

Both sides in the dispute seemed totally frustrated at the lack of progress.

Employees were dissatisfied with the increasing amount of red tape they had to deal with.

In her report, the consultant concluded that with more flexible hours and longer holidays, the company would see less burnout  and more productivity.

When companies are restructuring, they often offer severance package to some of their employees.

It seems that many people who accuse the EU of bureaucracy do not really know how it works.

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What makes people work harder? 

It seems that those of us who believe that a pay increase is always the most important motivating factor have got it wrong.

Indeed, numerous job satisfaction surveys carried out in the last two decades indicate that attractive remuneration package is often secondary to other factors. 

For example, it seems that a substantial number of people put a good work/life balance at the top of their priorities.

In addition, most people also want to be given more autonomy and better promotion opportunities.

As regards what demotivates people, the threat of redundancy is mentioned very often, together with unsatisfactory relationships with one’s boss and poor working conditions.