More job thoughts

[serenissima]

Y'know... when I feel like I am providing what is needed, that I'm doing a satisfactory job, I like my work.

It's when I feel like I am failing at my task(s) that I hate my job.

Staying late or working on the weekend to complete what is needed qualifies as feeling like failure, so that doesn't count as another category.

Comments

[zeeth_kyrah]

Pretty much, yeah. Feeling competent is a big part of job satisfaction.

Even so, some jobs are big enough, and some deadlines short enough, that extra work is needed. That's not necessarily a failure on the part of the worker, as it is an error in labor estimation and scheduling.