Team Toolkit 4.1: What do workers want from their jobs?

Team Toolkit 4.1: What do workers want from their jobs?

Factor	Ray	Mike	Kim	Sarah	Group
Promotion in the company	4	3	6	4	5
Tactful discipline	8	9	8	8	8
Job Security	5	4	1	5	4
Help with personal problems	9	10	10	10	10
Personal loyalty of supervisor	7	6	9	7	7
High wages	3	1	4	3	2
Full appreciation of work being done	2	6	2	2	3
Good working conditions	6	5	5	6	6
Feeling of being in on things	10	8	7	9	9
Interesting work	1	2	3	1	1

1. In comparing the different ratings, what might account for the different opinions between you and your group?

There were actually several factors in which the group was close in their answers, just one or two rankings apart.  For areas where there were larger differences, some reasons for this may be from our age ranges, where we are in our careers (fairly new or mid-career and stable), as well as the things that are important in our lives now such as growth and building a family versus more stability in our personal and professional positions.

2. What might be the cause of the supervisor's rankings being so different from the employees?

Some of the times of difference between the supervisors and employees could relate to position in the company, their current level of involvement in decisions or the perception of decision making.  Additionally, differences could be from differences in drive or ambition and experience in the workplace.

3. Do you think the results of this survey would change over time?

These results may likely change over time, as individual priorities shift depending on life and career choices and events. They could also shift if current factors change at work and someone's personal values are infringed on, they would change what their priorities are overall.