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What’s the one thing that will keep you at your job?
Pay?  Easy commute?  Advancement?
How about that popular work-life balance?  One recent study found that work-life balance was the number one factor in retaining employees.  That study, for some reason, blew me away.  Any time I’ve left a job it’s because of something like a lousy boss or more pay or increased opportunities.  It wasn’t work-life balance, despite the fact that I was desperately worn out and worked too much. 
Does that make me abnormal?  Hey – anything’s possible!
To be fair, once I hit my 40s, …read more

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) released it’s annual survey listing the Top 5 “Very Important” Aspects of Job Satisfaction.
This is apparently where those annual surveys you take at work go.

The Top Five were:
-compensation/pay-
-benefits
-job security
-flexibility to balance work/life issues
-communication between employees and senior management
That pretty closely mirrors my place of business, and, my concerns as well.
One thing I found interesting, though, is that human resource managers predicted that the “relationship with immediate supervisor”, and, “management recognition of employee job performance” would make the list.
While I know those things are nice, they don’t keep me up at night, …read more