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Do you hate working?

Job satisfaction has been the subject of many posts and articles in the blogosphere and beyond.

In my experience however, I have never really met anyone who really hates working. It may be that there is a work colleague who makes life difficult. Perhaps it is the boss who demands too much (a common one). Perhaps it is the customers who make work something less than desirable. Whatever the cause, often there is more to like about work that hating it.

Here are some suggestions for falling in love with your job.

1. Stop doing things you hate

Rather than taking the drastic step of quitting your job, just quit doing the stuff that you don’t like doing. After a week, if no one notices, welcome to your new job!

We often mistakenly believe that stuff we hate working on would be considered distasteful by everyone else. That is not true. The tasks we dislike the most can sometimes be the reason someone else loves their job. When you stop doing that stuff others might jump at the opportunity to take it on. Try it!

2. Improve job satisfaction

One of the biggest causes of low job satisfaction is the gap between what a person wants in a job and what they have. The bigger the gap the lower the job satisfaction. This may not be much use to someone who really needs a job just to keep food on the table. Perhaps it is time to think carefully about what you want from your job. If it just the weekly pay and you don’t care much about anything else, then perhaps you could skip the rest of this story.

Some people get satisfaction out of just having a job! The consequences of low job satisfaction are not good, and not just for the employee but for the entire company.

Low job satisfaction often means high rates of staff absences and turnover. These both have a negative effect on the health of any company.

Satisfied workers are often more productive, creative and contribute more in their jobs. So how do you improve job satisfaction even in a job you hate?

No one will be perfectly happy all the time. Be realistic. If you can be 65% satisfied most of the time, that is better than being 25% satisfied all the time. How?

• focus on every positive you can find
• do something productive about a problem rather than complaining about it
• step back every now and then and try to take in the big picture
• think positively about yourself and how your contribution makes a difference
• do what you are paid to do and not other peoples tasks
• most importantly, stop doing those things you hate

Try out a few of these things and then send me your thoughts as a comment.

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