Which qualities do you value most at work?

Which qualities do you value most at work?

  • Work/Life balance

    Votes: 141 59.0%

  • Career progression

    Votes: 69 28.9%

  • A good relationship with colleagues

    Votes: 93 38.9%

  • Making money

    Votes: 148 61.9%

  • Independence

    Votes: 92 38.5%

  • Other

    Votes: 15 6.3%
  • Total voters
    239
Work/Life balance is a load of bull. It is a phrase that gets used by upper management to make it sound like they care, they dont give a ****.

When it is crunch time because of their poor planning then your Life balance goes out the window
 
Work/ life balance is definitely a thing. I had a job that required almost non stop overseas travel, ended up missing so much of my kids growing years that I eventually just quit without even having another job.

Fortunately things worked out more than fine, and now I enjoy plenty time at home, have nearly total freedom and independence at work, and am quite happy with my pay as well!
 
For me, first is independence, second is making money, third is liking the people I make money with.

Makes for a reasonably stress free life
 
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1am7h30n3 said:
Does it though? At the end of the day you have a stack of money in the bank and then what?
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Then i buy myself a fleet of BMW 320d's, airfryers, OLed tvs, Nike Jordans, Travel, Iphones, macbooks, BMW R 1250 GS. The list goes on. Oh let me not forget I would buy myself a cute Pomeranian and wear matching outfits. Materialistic things make me happy and they can only be attainable if you have stacks of money. Gimme the money please thanks.
 
Harmonic said:
It does but only to a certain extent. I think some studies found 80k usd to be the threshold (somewhere near enough there)
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I’ve heard that thrown around too. Personally, I was pretty miserable when I was earning 2x that, but got a lot happier when I got to several times more than that. I think that they are talking about the threshold “where you can live a life”, which is probably around $80k, but if you need financial security to be happy, you really need a lot more.
 
Die Uwe said:
Work/Life balance is a load of bull. It is a phrase that gets used by upper management to make it sound like they care, they dont give a ****.

When it is crunch time because of their poor planning then your Life balance goes out the window
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Not always.
Max overtime is 2 hours a day, for 2 weeks at a time, and the last time team members could volunteer to work overtime was probably 3+ years ago. The last time we were asked was back in 2016. That manager doesn't work there anymore. I still put in overtime from time to time, but that's when I feel I need to.

As long as the money isn't bad, it's pretty low on my list. 35% increase but job is in Centurion instead of the Jhb suburbs 10 min from home in peak traffic? Lol nope.
I've stayed through lack of progression and lack of meaningful increases when W/L balance was good and the colleagues / managers were good to work with. So I guess those are the important ones.
 
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cguy said:
I’ve heard that thrown around too. Personally, I was pretty miserable when I was earning 2x that, but got a lot happier when I got to several times more than that. I think that they are talking about the threshold “where you can live a life”, which is probably around $80k, but if you need financial security to be happy, you really need a lot more.
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Money can buy stuff.
If I worked in Sandton for example, I would want to be able to afford a 3+ bedroom house with a garden less than 10 min from work in peak traffic.
Because of where the office is situated, I can get that for a lot less.

I think it also depends on the company you keep. Comparison is the thief if joy.
If you are the friend who has to budget when the others can just spend, it sucks. No matter what it is they spend it on.

My friends are stingy and I think only one of our friend group still pays off a car. I can be happy and do the same stuff my friends do without earning more, even though I'm definitely not one of the myBB top earners.
 
epah said:
Then i buy myself a fleet of BMW 320d's, airfryers, OLed tvs, Nike Jordans, Travel, Iphones, macbooks, BMW R 1250 GS. The list goes on. Oh let me not forget I would buy myself a cute Pomeranian and wear matching outfits. Materialistic things make me happy and they can only be attainable if you have stacks of money. Gimme the money please thanks.
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Experiences make you happy, not stuff.

Money allows you to experience a BMW every day, so there's that...
 
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