What do you look for in a job?

What I am looking for is a job that is of my interest (not seeking 100% but at least 70%), a job that I can get satisfaction and fulfillment in both non-monetary and monetary ways. I hope and want to be able to say I like my job.

How easy is that?

There are a lot of factors that contribute to whether u like your job...for eg., the job itself, the industry, the office environment and most importantly, the human factor.

Honestly, I like my ex-job quite a lot, at least 75%...it gave me a lot of challenges which in turn led to me gaining satisfaction and fulfillment in many ways. Things were different for my first and second yr of work with this co. In the first yr, everyone in the team seemed to be very united n working towards the same direction & goal. But slowly, everyone left except the manager n I...Demoralization set in, work kept increasing with the inability of sharing them, starting to feel the ‘bochapness’ in people, people leaving, new people come and not feeling the unity with this batch of new colleagues, and also the reluctance to go through another budget exercise, I decided to call a stop to this relationship. That’s why to me, human factor is very important in the working environment.

3rd month into this new co, things are really different, different industry, different analysis work, and different work style. I am so much freer now, sometimes not knowing why there’s nothing to be done. Is it because I’m still new so I don’t know what can or needs to be done. Some people will say I don’t know how to enjoy life but different people have different expectations. For me, I do not wish to be in a ‘retirement’ stage at this age where things move slowly. Or maybe, put it this way, I work too fast, that’s why I’m always finished... :p Sometimes I feel the pace here is really slow which I thought it’s opposite from our company’s ‘motto’ :p

So, what do you look for in a job?