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Would You Still Do Your Job for Free?

The title question only measures half of it. What work is for is one question; how you want to be managed while you do it is a completely different one, and plenty of people who love the work want nothing to do with the ladder it comes attached to.

Twenty-four statements, about four minutes, and a point on a map. Answer for the work you do, or the work you would take if the choice were yours.

24 questions

Answered 0 of 24

  1. 1 I think about work problems when I am not working.
  2. 2 I would find it strange to introduce myself without saying what I do.
  3. 3 Being good at what I do matters to me beyond what it earns.
  4. 4 I do better work when somebody more senior is checking it.
  5. 5 A clear chain of who decides what makes a place work better.
  6. 6 I would rather work out the right thing to do than be told it.
  7. 7 I want to know exactly what is expected of me before I start.
  8. 8 I would keep doing something like my work even if I did not need the income.
  9. 9 I have turned down more interesting work because the money was better.
  10. 10 If I never had to work again, I would stop.
  11. 11 I would rather have a hard problem with no instructions than an easy one with them.
  12. 12 Rules that apply to everyone beat judgment calls made case by case.
  13. 13 Time off is what the working time is for.
  14. 14 Being unsure of the boundaries of my role does not bother me.
  15. 15 The best thing about work that goes well is what it lets me do outside it.
  16. 16 Being handed a process to follow is a relief rather than a constraint.
  17. 17 A job is a trade: hours for money.
  18. 18 I would take less support in exchange for fewer people involved in what I do.
  19. 19 What I do for work is a large part of how I think of myself.
  20. 20 I would change fields entirely for a large enough raise.
  21. 21 Work where nobody tells me the method suits me.
  22. 22 I have changed the way something was done without asking first.
  23. 23 I want to be able to see where a job leads before I take it.
  24. 24 Given two jobs at the same pay, I would take the one that mattered more to me.