“The opposite of job dissatisfaction isn’t job satisfaction, but rather an absence of job dissatisfaction.
They’re not the same thing at all.
It is important to address factors such as a safe and comfortable working environment, relationship with managers and colleagues, enough money to look after your family—if you don’t have these things, you’ll experience dissatisfaction with your work.
But these alone won’t do anything to make you love your job—they will just stop you from hating it.
So, what are the things that will truly, deeply satisfy us, the factors that will cause us to love our jobs?
These are what Herzberg’s research calls motivators.
Motivation factors include challenging work, recognition, responsibility, and personal growth. Feelings that you are making a meaningful contribution to work arise from intrinsic conditions of the work itself. Motivation is much less about external prodding or stimulation, and much more about what’s inside of you, and inside of your work.”
—Quoted from “how will you measure your life?”