Are you up to the job? Find out if your work is valued.A STUDY has revealed that staff in Scotland receive less praise for their work than those in other parts of the UK. In the UK as a whole, just 25 per cent of workers felt they received enough praise. In Scotland it was 19 per cent while in London, 30 per cent felt they were appreciated properly, with 29 per cent in Wales Wales, Welsh Cymru, western peninsula and political division (principality) of Great Britain (1991 pop. 2,798,200), 8,016 sq mi (20,761 sq km), west of England; politically united with England since 1536. The capital is Cardiff. agreeing. The report added that undervalued Undervalued A stock or other security that is trading below its true value. Notes: The difficulty is knowing what the "true" value actually is. Analysts will usually recommend an undervalued stock with a strong buy rating. staff are much less likely to work hard and more likely to look for other work. Take the Jobsplus! quiz A quiz is a form of game or mind sport in which the players (as individuals or in teams) attempt to answer questions correctly. Quizzes are also brief assessments used in education and similar fields to measure growth in knowledge, abilities, and/or skills. and find out if your employer is like Ricky Gervais and wants to keep the staff happy - or couldn't care less. 1. Your average day involves... a) Doing interesting work given to you by your appreciative boss who always takes the trouble to to tell you when you have done a good job. b) Taking care of all the work your boss lands on you without complaint. c) Getting on with your work in the full knowledge you are unlikely to get praised for doing a good job. d) Doing boring tasks for a boss who has never once thanked you for your good work. 2. Your boss's attitude to you is... a) Good. He tries to keep you motivated by varying your workload and keeping you involved in decision-making. b) Indifferent INDIFFERENT. To have no bias nor partiality. 7 Conn. 229. A juror, an arbitrator, and a witness, ought to be indifferent, and when they are not so, they may be challenged. See 9 Conn. 42. . He just lets you get on with it and only speaks to you if there is something wrong. c) Bad. He couldn't care less as long as the filing is done. d) Terrible. He piles on tedious work fast. 3. If you do a particularly good job on a project your boss... a) Takes the time to thank you and tell you he will be recommending you for a bonus. b) Says thanks but doesn't look as if he really means it. c) Tells another manager the report was good but forgets to tell you. d) Walks past your desk as if you didn't exist. 4. If you see a new job advertised that would be a change for the better do you... a) Forget it because your working life couldn't be much better and your boss appreciates you. b) Put it away in your bottom drawer and have a think about it. c) Send off for an application form straight away and draft your resignation letter. d) Tell your boss you can't take any more and leave straight away. How your scored Mostly As Mostly Bs Mostly Cs Mostly Ds How you rate Valued Sometimes valued Taken for granted Adj. 1. taken for granted - evident without proof or argument; "an axiomatic truth"; "we hold these truths to be self-evident" axiomatic, self-evident obvious - easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind; "obvious errors" Taken advantage of |
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