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Do Americans Still Value Hard Work?

New Survey Examines Workers’ Ever-Changing Relationship With Our Jobs

Work Is About Pride & Accomplishment

At the end of our survey, we asked people how they define their attitudes towards work in general. And it showed Americans don’t automatically value money.

Twenty-three percent of people said work can best be described as something in which they can take great pride. That narrowly beat out the 22% of people who said they value the sense of accomplishment their jobs give to them. The paycheck came in third with 19% of people saying the most important thing about work is that it pays the bills.

Other answers included work being a stepping stone to a better job (16%), it’s something people are expected to/have to do (7%), being intellectually stimulated by work (5%) and 4% of respondents said their job is "painful."

 

  • Aaron Gouveia

    Aaron Gouveia has worked as the Content Manager of Salary.com since 2011. Prior to that, he was an award-winning journalist at several prominent New England newspapers. Read more...