Employees want jobs that allow them to grow personally through challenging work that makes a difference, provide a good work-life balance, and take place in a positive, trusting environment where they are treated with honesty, respect, and appreciation. Compatible coworkers and praise also contribute to employee satisfaction and happiness according to experts.

2. Personal Growth
Challenging Work
Work/life Balance
Positive Environment Honesty
Trust
Compatible co-
workers
Appreciation Respect

3. Personal Growth
Employees want their skills
to grow and develop

4. CHALLENGING WORK
Employees want to do work
that make difference

5. Work/life Balance
Employees want balance
in their life

6. Honesty
Employees want to
know where they
stand

7. Trust
Going hand in hand
with respect is trust

8. Respect
This attitude costs
nothing and yet yields
big dividends

9. Positive Environment

10. Praise heads the list
for many workers in
the search for
happiness

11. Compatible co-workers
Working with people they enjoy was a close
second

12. Experts say job satisfaction begins
with respect and appreciation, not
salary and perks.

14. What Employees Expect From Their Job?