Comic by Joe Sayers, Wanna play work?

A good laugh, but also a reminder of an important idea. We spend much of our life at work: we deserve to have pride in what we do and even enjoy it (shocking I know). Read the respect for people posts for some ideas on how to make your workplace better. If you think a new job might be the answer - find management improvement jobs via Curious Cat Career Connections.

People are entitled to joy in work - Dr. W. Edwards Deming

Related: What Business Can Learn from Open Source - Stop Demotivating Employees

4 Responses to “The Joy of Work”

1. Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog » Joy in Work - Software Development Says:
   November 25th, 2007 at 10:33 am

   [...] Software programmers are more likely to really enjoy what they do. There are many reasons for this [...]

2. CuriousCat: Getting and Keeping Great Employees Says:
   November 29th, 2007 at 7:49 pm

   I think the main thing to do is to respect employees (and have that visible in the management decisions made in the organization). Stopping the demotivation would be a big step for many organizations…

3. Curious Cat: Ninja Professors Says:
   July 9th, 2008 at 7:25 pm

   From the excellent Piled Higher and Deeper comic strip by Jorge Cham

4. Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog » Keeping Good Employees Says:
   July 24th, 2008 at 8:43 am

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