Meaning & use
job satisfaction
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Meaning
noununcountable
the pleasant feeling you get when you are happy with your work and feel it is worthwhile
Grammar: Uncountable: use it without 'a' or a plural, and measure it with words like 'high', 'low', or 'level of'.
Patterns
- high/low job satisfaction
- a level of job satisfaction
- job satisfaction among workers
The survey found that job satisfaction was highest among staff who could choose their own hours.
After she moved to a smaller company, her job satisfaction improved a lot.
Low pay is one of the main causes of poor job satisfaction.
Common combinations
- high job satisfaction
- Flexible working hours are linked to high job satisfaction.
- low job satisfaction
- Long commutes are often connected with low job satisfaction.
- improve job satisfaction
- Managers are looking for ways to improve job satisfaction.
- a sense of job satisfaction
- Finishing a difficult project gives me a real sense of job satisfaction.
- job satisfaction among employees
- Job satisfaction among employees has risen since the new training program began.
Synonyms and how they differ
- work satisfaction
- Very close in meaning, but a little more formal and less common than 'job satisfaction'.
- morale
- Refers to the general spirit and confidence of a group, not the personal happiness of one worker.
Opposites
Word family
- satisfied adjective
- Feeling pleased because something meets your needs or hopes.
- satisfaction noun
- The general feeling of being pleased with something.
- satisfying adjective
- Making you feel pleased because it gives you a sense of achievement.
Commonly confused: job satisfaction or customer satisfaction?
job satisfaction vs customer satisfaction
Customer satisfaction is about how pleased customers are with a product or service, while job satisfaction is about how happy employees are with their work.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'job satisfaction' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Job satisfaction' is uncountable, so it is used without 'a' or a plural and can be increased or measured. Options A, C, and D wrongly treat it as a countable noun.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “job satisfaction”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.