Comments on: A question for ya http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/a-question-for-ya/ Make Yourself and Your Business Happy At Work Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:00:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: I Just Realized How Miserable I Am » J. Timothy King's Blog http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/a-question-for-ya/comment-page-1/#comment-241327 I Just Realized How Miserable I Am » J. Timothy King's Blog Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:29:06 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/a-question-for-ya/#comment-241327 [...] Alexander Kjerulf, the Chief Happiness Officer, asked, “What makes you happy or unhappy at work?” I pulled part of my answer from an old post from my LiveJournal, “Things to Make My Life [...] [...] Alexander Kjerulf, the Chief Happiness Officer, asked, “What makes you happy or unhappy at work?” I pulled part of my answer from an old post from my LiveJournal, “Things to Make My Life [...]

]]> By: Lisa R. http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/a-question-for-ya/comment-page-1/#comment-4688 Lisa R. Mon, 02 Oct 2006 01:10:21 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/a-question-for-ya/#comment-4688 Happy: Walking into the office door w/ positive vibes all around me and a smile on my face. Feeling APPRECIATED! Unhappy: No one responding to my e-mails. Coworkers not even thanking me for bringing in treats to work ( how RUDE! ) Thinking to myself " I can't even fake this anymore" Happy:
Walking into the office door w/ positive vibes all around me and a smile on my face.
Feeling APPRECIATED!

Unhappy:
No one responding to my e-mails.
Coworkers not even thanking me for bringing in treats to work ( how RUDE! )
Thinking to myself ” I can’t even fake this anymore”

]]> By: J. Timothy King’s Blog » Blog Archive » I Just Realized How Miserable I Am http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/a-question-for-ya/comment-page-1/#comment-4614 J. Timothy King’s Blog » Blog Archive » I Just Realized How Miserable I Am Fri, 29 Sep 2006 22:57:15 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/a-question-for-ya/#comment-4614 [...] Recently, Alexander Kjerulf, the Chief Happiness Officer, asked, “What makes you happy or unhappy at work?” I pulled part of my answer from an old post from my LiveJournal, “Things to Make My Life Perfect.” This list of things I actually wrote in response to a writing prompt for the (now defunct) Alchera Project. At the time, I was in a deep depression, brought about by a demoralizing job. [...] [...] Recently, Alexander Kjerulf, the Chief Happiness Officer, asked, “What makes you happy or unhappy at work?” I pulled part of my answer from an old post from my LiveJournal, “Things to Make My Life Perfect.” This list of things I actually wrote in response to a writing prompt for the (now defunct) Alchera Project. At the time, I was in a deep depression, brought about by a demoralizing job. [...]

]]> By: A question for ya http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/a-question-for-ya/comment-page-1/#comment-4555 A question for ya Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:44:46 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/a-question-for-ya/#comment-4555 [...] A question for ya [...] [...] A question for ya [...]

]]> By: Alexander http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/a-question-for-ya/comment-page-1/#comment-4216 Alexander Thu, 21 Sep 2006 09:01:55 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/a-question-for-ya/#comment-4216 Thanks again for all the great answers people! I've tried to summarize the major points I see here: http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/what-makes-people-happy-or-unhappy-at-work What do you think are the major conclusions that can be drawn from the responses? Thanks again for all the great answers people!

I’ve tried to summarize the major points I see here:
http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/what-makes-people-happy-or-unhappy-at-work

What do you think are the major conclusions that can be drawn from the responses?

]]> By: What makes people happy or unhappy at work http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/a-question-for-ya/comment-page-1/#comment-4215 What makes people happy or unhappy at work Thu, 21 Sep 2006 09:01:46 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/a-question-for-ya/#comment-4215 [...] I recently asked you what makes you happy or unhappy at work and got a lot of great answers. Thank you to everyone who responded! [...] [...] I recently asked you what makes you happy or unhappy at work and got a lot of great answers. Thank you to everyone who responded! [...]

]]> By: Cecil http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/a-question-for-ya/comment-page-1/#comment-4171 Cecil Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:56:38 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/a-question-for-ya/#comment-4171 Unhappy: Having my work arbitrarily assigned to someone else without my knowledge. I really feel reponsible for my work and am willing to re-work if necessary. There is NO discussion involved! The idea of "Open Office On Demand" is potentially a great idea. In practive it is a lip service diaster. Try to talk to the boss openly. You can do it once, wellll, part of once because he storms out in the opening statements. Getting essentially all assignments through email. It would really help if I could have a discourse to understand better. email strips away a *LOT*! I check in several thousand lines of code. Then the manager chews me out for a small matter in the code is easily changed. No mention of the thousands of other lines of code. Happy: Being able to have a constructive conversation with a manager. Going home to a great wife! :) Unhappy:

Having my work arbitrarily assigned to someone else without my knowledge. I really feel reponsible for my work and am willing to re-work if necessary. There is NO discussion involved!

The idea of “Open Office On Demand” is potentially a great idea. In practive it is a lip service diaster. Try to talk to the boss openly. You can do it once, wellll, part of once because he storms out in the opening statements.

Getting essentially all assignments through email. It would really help if I could have a discourse to understand better. email strips away a *LOT*!

I check in several thousand lines of code. Then the manager chews me out for a small matter in the code is easily changed. No mention of the thousands of other lines of code.

Happy:

Being able to have a constructive conversation with a manager.

Going home to a great wife! :)

]]> By: soda http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/a-question-for-ya/comment-page-1/#comment-4133 soda Wed, 20 Sep 2006 03:40:52 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/a-question-for-ya/#comment-4133 Happy: - Solving problems. I love to investigate, work through problems and solve issues. -My manager is a pretty cool guy. Working with him is a pleasure. Unhappy - My co-worker. The project I'm on has two developers, him and I, and he's a jerk 90% the time. He doesn't listen. - We have no project requirements document. - Work gets tossed out after it's done. Happy:
- Solving problems. I love to investigate, work through problems and solve issues.
-My manager is a pretty cool guy. Working with him is a pleasure.

Unhappy
- My co-worker. The project I’m on has two developers, him and I, and he’s a jerk 90% the time. He doesn’t listen.
- We have no project requirements document.
- Work gets tossed out after it’s done.

]]> By: JACH http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/a-question-for-ya/comment-page-1/#comment-4057 JACH Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:43:53 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/a-question-for-ya/#comment-4057 Unhappy: Being at work when there's nothing to do (but I still have to "work" full time) Having to work overtime because a bunch of new features have just been approved (and have to be done ASAP) Having to do boring work When my improvement proposals are not considered until 5 months later, when everything is "critical" Not having control about any of the above Not being able to speak my mind When I speak my mind and management says "yes", and then do things as usual Racism Each and every time that one of my colleages leaves the company (which happens offen) When somebody steals credit for something I did Not having free time and or vacations (or just two weeks a year!!) Happy (basically, the opposite of the above statements =) Do something interesting Having control of my time Being heard Having great teammates (working with smart and interesting people) People commited to their work Having time to spend with my family and friends (and myself) Unhappy:
Being at work when there’s nothing to do (but I still have to “work” full time)
Having to work overtime because a bunch of new features have just been approved (and have to be done ASAP)
Having to do boring work
When my improvement proposals are not considered until 5 months later, when everything is “critical”
Not having control about any of the above
Not being able to speak my mind
When I speak my mind and management says “yes”, and then do things as usual
Racism
Each and every time that one of my colleages leaves the company (which happens offen)
When somebody steals credit for something I did
Not having free time and or vacations (or just two weeks a year!!)

Happy
(basically, the opposite of the above statements =)
Do something interesting
Having control of my time
Being heard
Having great teammates (working with smart and interesting people)
People commited to their work
Having time to spend with my family and friends (and myself)

]]> By: Tania http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/a-question-for-ya/comment-page-1/#comment-4040 Tania Mon, 18 Sep 2006 04:42:23 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/a-question-for-ya/#comment-4040 I love your blog! Happy: * Being able to work at home (thank you Internet) * Noticing how my proposals produce positive change once implemented * Complete, nice, and ergonomic project documentation (that someone actually reads!) Unhappy: * Clients/bosses that are clueless about what they want to get from a project an change directions or don't get to implementation stages * Being provided with tools I don't feel comfortable with * Not following up with requests I love your blog!

Happy:
* Being able to work at home (thank you Internet)
* Noticing how my proposals produce positive change once implemented
* Complete, nice, and ergonomic project documentation (that someone actually reads!)

Unhappy:
* Clients/bosses that are clueless about what they want to get from a project an change directions or don’t get to implementation stages
* Being provided with tools I don’t feel comfortable with
* Not following up with requests

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