This video was very relevant, I have always been one to move with the money. I have a family to support and I feel that in some cases I need to do things that I may not want to do to support them. This is clearly not fully the case. Sure money is nice to have and it alleviates some of the stressors in our lives, but money really does not equal happiness. I have left jobs in the past that I really enjoyed doing, and I left for either for the internal politics or the money. Hind sight right, I can now call it foresight because I have the inside scoop on what basic kinds of work atmospheres make me happy.
I feel that I have always felt that my jobs were interesting, and that I have wanted to be amazing at my job. In fact right now I feel that my current job is the most interesting yet, million dollar decisions based on facts and not interpretation. I get to find the answers and act upon them, I dig that.
One thing is seems curtain, employers give the employee more in the long run than the employee contributes to the company. The company training along with the access to additional tools add so much to the employees resume to take with them when they find the next big offer is a great motivator. I feel as though I am drinking from a fire hose with my current position, so much information and so many new tools; if I can become competent with the half of the tools I have been given I will be setup for universal success.
My work is scrutinized by all levels of the company, I have to do the research and make smart decision all day everyday. This level of exposure brings recognition constantly, sometimes not all good, but the negative instances allow me to find a balance for output, and feedback allows me to make smarter choices.
I feel that one of my major motivators is the flight benefits that receive, when I have weighed out other jobs in my field with comparable work environments and wages, they are offset by this benefit. I know that a lot of my cohorts feel the same way are motivated to stay within our community to keep these privileges.
Another motivator would have to be company success. Working for a regional airline is tricky, we are not paid as well as larger carriers and the smaller size of the organization means that we pay more for things like healthcare, but the drive to grow a small company is intrinsic in all employees. We want to set the standard for other carriers, even the larger ones. We want them to look at our practices and find the merit and devotion that goes into them.
I also find that subordinate feed back is also a major motivator. I want to know that what I am doing is being perceived and accepted the way that I intended. You can't make everyone happy with every decision, but if subordinates understand the goals behind the decision, then they are less likely to get disgruntled because of it. Blanket actions with no explanation leave a lot of room for ambiguity and misunderstanding. I follow up with all my people to make sure that we are on the same page goal wise.
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