Today, we see that business life has a wide variety with the increase in job diversity and the creation of different working environments. How satisfied are we with what we have among so many options?
If we look at the concept, job satisfaction means the working hours of the employees and the level of happiness they experience with their jobs outside of these periods. The general level of happiness we encounter when we evaluate our work is the result of feelings, thoughts and behaviors towards their work environment, their work and their colleagues. Job satisfaction is also characterized as the emotional responses of employees to the work environment and work relations. Organizationally, the nature of the job, the existence of career ladders, pay, working conditions, co-worker relations and management have great effects on job satisfaction. Satisfaction in business life, that is, happiness, cannot be achieved only by meeting the needs of the employees, but it is highly related to the level of importance given to the employees.
Other factors that employees have are also of great importance on the level of satisfaction. Age, gender, education, status, social environment and personal characteristics determine the level of satisfaction. While it is very important to approach with a realistic point of view when evaluating our job and happiness level, the level of satisfaction we have with our personal life is a product of this reality.
It should not be forgotten that the most important component in a workplace is people. The biggest proof of the deterioration of the conditions at work is the low job satisfaction of the people working at the workplace. The outputs of a satisfactory work life are performance, productivity, motivation, success and most importantly life satisfaction.
It is obvious that it is a very necessary need to achieve the conditions that satisfy us in our work environments where we spend our time and our day. Making an effort to achieve these conditions is as important as the employer's effort. Making efforts to establish constructive business relationships, conveying needs and wishes directly, solving problems without delay, and most importantly, a solution-oriented approach are golden requirements for job satisfaction.