{"id":5054,"date":"2008-01-03T06:49:30","date_gmt":"2008-01-03T06:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2008\/01\/three-signs-miserable-job\/"},"modified":"2008-01-03T06:49:30","modified_gmt":"2008-01-03T06:49:30","slug":"three-signs-miserable-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2008\/01\/three-signs-miserable-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Signs of a Miserable Job!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Ever wonder why you are so unhappy in your job? Well, this Law Professor<\/a> from University of Cincinnati has figured it out! The rules from \u201cThe Three Signs of a Miserable Job\u201d ring true to him:<\/p>\n

The first sign of a miserable job is anonymity<\/b>, which is the feeling that employees get when they realize that their manager has little interest in them a human being and that they know little about their lives, their aspirations and their interests.<\/p>\n

The second sign is irrelevance<\/b>, which takes root when employees cannot see how their job makes a difference in the lives of others. Every employee needs to know that the work they do impacts someone\u2019s life\u2013a customer, a co-worker, even a supervisor\u2013in one way or another.<\/p>\n

The third sign is something I call \u201cimmeasurement,\u201d<\/b> which is the inability of employees to assess for themselves their contribution or success. Employees who have no means of measuring how well they are doing on a given day or in a given week, must rely on the subjective opinions of others, usually their managers\u2019, to gauge their progress or contribution. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, three things are important for a good job \u2013 Identity<\/b>, Relevance to the Big Picture<\/b>, and Ability to Measure Success<\/b>! What do you think? Does your job work stand up?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ever wonder why you are so unhappy in your job? Well, this Law Professor<\/a> from University of Cincinnati has figured it out! The rules from “The Three Signs of a Miserable Job” ring true to him:<\/p>\n

The first sign of a miserable job is anonymity<\/b>, which is the feeling that employees get when they realize that their manager has little interest in them a human being and that they know little about their lives, their aspirations and their interests.<\/p>\n

The second sign is irrelevance<\/b>, which takes root when employees cannot see how their job makes a difference in the lives of others. Every employee needs to know that the work they do impacts someone\u2019s life–a customer, a co-worker, even a supervisor–in one way or another.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1517,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-careers"],"yoast_head":"\nThree Signs of a Miserable Job!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ever wonder why you are so unhappy in your job? Well, this Law Professor from University of Cincinnati has figured it out! 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