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 important to me as ONE factor. Unfortunately, when an employer uses the terms, they usually mean that they will ignore the "balance" at every turn.
 
My line of thought:

1. Money yes we all need that
2. Career progression (Well you need to know things to make money!)
3. Work / Life balance (You do not want to burn out)
4. Independence ( I do not like people looking over my shoulder)
5. A good relationship with colleagues (**** them) I am getting paid to do a job!
 
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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Die Uwe said:
The same crowd that says how important work/life balance is in the organization is the same crowd that pushes unrealistic deadlines
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This reads exactly like someone whose never actually experience Work/Life/Balance.

There are companies who really do believe in it and filter it down from the top and that’s who you want to work for.
 
As someone that understand that money is a bad thing, and it can corrupt anyone, I have to say it should still be the top priority.

Working well with people can be learned, having good relationships can be learned. But suffering and not knowing how you are going to buy food or where you are going to sleep, that should always be on top of our fear list.

Safety and security, health care and nutrition must be on top of anyone's professional list. Privately other things can go above it like religion, family, friends and all the other things we want to be and do. But professionally, we are slaves to the system. We work we eat, we don't work we die.

This is the one thing that never changed for over 2000 years, it just became a lot more difficult to maintain the basics.
 
1.Money. 2.Balance. 3.colleagues/boss.

I can tolerate stupid bosses or colleagues with enough money and time off.

But some people are just to full of sh*t to put up with. In one of my previous companies, One senior colleague was a pain the butt. So glad I got another job. He would often kiss management ass and criticize everything but himself. Always condescending/rude. No one liked him. People like that are nauseating to work with.
 
When I was younger career progression ws important, then I moved to a small town where someone has to retire or die before you progress!!
So that being out the out window I l found that my kids -all under 16-are a lot of fun to hang out with!
I now value the balance more than anything.
 
All of the above and working on stuff that actually matters/is interesting.
 
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