A job is not only about the money. It is about a compensation that is satisfactory, a challenging work environment, the opportunities for moving forward in your career, and about the people that you work with.
Even if you would like your job to be something repetitive, with fixed hours and just breaking the door when the bell rings, you will still love a challenge. Why? It is called need of social recognition. We all have it.
The same need and the value we give to ourselves in a social context are reasons for which a promotion makes us happy.
Why the people around you are important? Maybe because you spend with them every day more time than you spend with your family?
When your job makes you happy there are a series of benefits for the organization:
- Absence from work – I am not talking about physical absence. If your mind is not there it does not matter if your body is.
- Turnover – replacement of employees is so expensive, that only morons do not care if their employees are happy.
- Performance & Organizational citizenship behavior – happy people walk the extra mile.
- Customer satisfaction – who does not love a smiley face?
