Which do you prefer Job satisfaction or Compensation?

woah, that was a lot of questions on one go Well, I think you may be referring more of personal satisfaction rather than job satisfaction. That's because, we all can be satisfied with our jobs even if it isnt what we really wanted to do for the rest of our lives. Compensation is also a contributing factor for job satisfaction. If we get good compensation, we can be satisfied with our job despite of it being monotonous. But, even if we are just satisfied with our jobs, that doesnt mean we really love it. If its not what we want to do, or its not our passion, kinda like being an office clerk when you really want to be a painter, then over time even with the job satisfaction and high compensation, we would want to fulfill our dreams as an individual.

for me i do prefer to be compensated well because of the economic crisis and the cost of living.many would rather choose many over compensation.i am working for many reason,first i want to help my parents by giving money for their medication and food allowances.somehow job outcome matters and co-related to work.it you do your job very well and effecientcy you will then be promoted to higher position and may increase your salary too.

I always settled for the job when it came to the compensation. I really never did enjoy any of the jobs I did, even though I did very good work. I am glad to work at home now even though I make less money doing so.

Can I have both. Although it is impossible to have both, I wish I have both. Okay let me analyze my workplace. About Job satisfaction, at work I am a multitasker, even if the Job is not part of my job description I still do it in order to not sacrifice my deadline. SOme people here are insensitive enough and having amnesia when we are talking about a job to finish. All kinds of crap are in here, monster, aliens, predators are present in teh office during deadlines. They are all did not understand each other. So I feel sorry for myself because I have to force myself to do it. Sacrifice again. If I made a mistake, all eyes are on me. It is like hey did you just born yesterday, it seems you don't know your job and you will found me answering badly, is that my job? and everyone will quickly disappear. So the boss will found out and in a minute you will receiving a memo. But if the job is well done, you will not even hear a single thank you , I never been appreciated. So job satisfaction , erase, erase, cross, cross, cross. Job compensation, OH MY GOD, this is much worse. I only have my regular pay out and a itsy bitsy tini winnie allowance. We have 13th month pay, benefits and little bonus during christmas. But if you ask me if it is okay , my answer is this, transfer yourself to call center jobs. To finalize my agony, I want to choose job satisfaction. Money can buy you anything, but money can't buy your conscience and peace of mind. It can make you rich but it cannot lead you to growth for yourself. I want to be well compensated on the fact that I have done my job, with greatness.I want to be compensated because I had done my job whole heartedly and truly. And appreciation from high rank people like my boss is holyness. So if I am appreciated even if there is no money involved I am well compensated.

I think this would depend upon the stage of life I am at. If I am very young, then I would opt for compensation because if I dont really like the new job, I can quit and start looking for new employment. But if I am older, then I will review whether I can take any such setback. If I cant, I will stick to the safety of job satifaction. If, however, I have managed to save enough for some risk, I would take the risk. What have I got to lose. :-)