Long Hours

Long Hours, Hundreds of E-Mails, and No Sleep: Does This Sound Like a
Satisfying Job?
In the 1970s, futurists were predicting that increases in it’s back to work until he finally goes to bed around midnight.
technology would dramatically shorten the workweek for most Says Clark, “There are plenty of people who would love to
people. But in the wired work world of today, where employees have this job. They’re knocking on the door all the time. So
can reach “the office” from wherever they are, many managers are that’s motivating.”
finding it extremely difficult to get away from their jobs. In fact,
one employment firm estimated that 30 percent of professionals Many individuals would balk at the prospect of a 60-hour or more
take less than their allotted vacation time, and 42 percent said they workweek with constant traveling and little time for anything else.
have to cancel vacation plans regularly. Consider a few examples: Some individuals are exhilarated by it. But the demands of such
jobs are clearly not for everyone. Many quit, with turnover levels
 Gian Paolo Lombardo might work for a firm that at 55 percent for consultants and 30 percent for investment
manufactures luggage for luxury travel, but he’s had precious bankers, according to Vault.com . However, clearly such jobs,
little time for vacationing himself. During his last “faux- while time-consuming and often stressful, can be satisfying to
cation” 3 years ago, he spent most of the time in his hotel room some individuals.
in the resort town of Carmel, California, with his BlackBerry,
while his wife Ellen chatted with other guests, hoping he’d Questions
finally finish with work. Ellen notes that no meal or movie
goes by without her husband being hunched over his 1. Do you think only certain individuals are attracted to these
smartphone. She says, “I think he needs to go into rehab.” He types of jobs, or is it the characteristics of the jobs themselves
agrees. that are satisfying?
 Irene Tse heads the government bond-trading division at 2. What characteristics of these jobs might contribute to
Goldman Sachs. For 10 years, she has seen the stock market increased levels of job satisfaction?
go from all-time highs to recession levels. Such fluctuations
can mean millions of dollars in either profits or losses. “There 3. Given that the four individuals we just read about tend to be
are days when you can make a lot, and other days where you satisfied with their jobs, how might this satisfaction relate to
lose so much you’re just stunned by what you’ve done,” says their job performance, citizenship behavior, and turnover?
Tse. She says she hasn’t slept through the night in years and
often wakes up several times to check the global market status. 4. Recall David Clark’s statement that “There are plenty of
Her average workweek? Eighty hours. “I’ve done this for 10 people who would love to have this job. They’re knocking on
years, and I can count on the fingers of one hand the number the door all the time.” How might Clark’s perceptions that he
of days in my career when I didn’t want to come to work. has a job many others desire contribute to his job satisfaction?
Every day I wake up and I can’t wait to get here.”
 Tony Kurz is a managing director at Capital Alliance Partners,

and he raises funds for real estate investments. However, these
are not your average properties. Kurz often flies to exotic
locations such as Costa Rica and Hawaii to woo prospective
clients. He travels more than 300,000 miles per year, often
sleeping on planes and coping with jet lag. Kurz is not the only
one he knows with such a hectic work schedule. His girlfriend,
Avery Baker, logs around 400,000 miles a year as the senior
vice president of marketing for Tommy Hilfiger. “It’s not easy
to maintain a relationship like this,” says Kurz. But do Kurz
and Baker like their jobs? You bet.
 David Clark is the vice president of global marketing for

MTV. His job often consists of traveling around the globe to
promote the channel as well as to keep up with the global
music scene. If he is not traveling (Clark typically logs
200,000 miles a year), a typical day consists of waking at 6:30
a.m. and immediately responding to numerous messages that
have accumulated over the course of the night. He then goes
to his office, where throughout the day he responds to another
500 or so messages from clients around the world. If he’s
lucky, he gets to spend an hour a day with his son, but then
Jawab :
1. Tidak, Menurut saya banyak orang tertarik dengan pekerjaan seperti diatas karena yang dipertimbangkan
bukan hanya waktu kerja, terdapat banyak faktor-faktor lainnya seperti salary dan fasilitas yang didapatkan
dan karakteristik pekerjaan diatas juga dapat dikatakan menarik karena ada beberapa yang akan travel around
the world. Tetapi memungkinkan hanya beberapa yang akan tertarik karena memungkinkannya orang-orang
tersebut menjadi kekurangan waktu bertemu dengan orang lain untuk bersosialisasi.
2. Ya, karena adanya faktor yang berbeda untuk mempengaruhi kepuasan kerja pada setiap individual.
Karakteristik yang berkontribusi pada pekerjaan ini mungkin dari performansi kerja setiap individu masing-
masing. Kemudian dengan lingkungan disekitar pekerja yang mendukung dimana semua orang yang bekerja
pada tempat tersebut juga sibuk. Kemudian fasilitas yang didapatkan.
3. Dari ke empat orang diatas semua memiliki tingkat kepuasan dengan pekerjaannnya dimana berarti mereka
memiliki peformansi kerja yang baik namun dilihati dari waktu yang mereka miliki mereka hanya memiliki
waktu yang singkat untuk bertemu orang baru selain dari lingkup pekerjaan dimana hal ini baik untuk
perusahaan karena mereka akan lebih focus pada hal pekerjaan dan mereka akan memberikan yang terbaik
untuk perusahaan sehingga perusahan mengalami kejayaan, karena pekerja memiliki tingkat kepuasan yang
tinggi maka akan sangat kecil kemungkinan pada tingkat ketidak hadiran, dimana ini akan menyebabkan
sedikitnya karyawan yang akan mengundurkan diri atau mungkin tidak ada.
4. Karena banyak orang yang tertarik pada pekerjaan ini maka pekerjaan ini merupakan pekerjaan yang baik
dan ia memiliki kepuasan yang tinggi terhadap pekerjaan ini. Hal ini membuat clark mempunyai motivasi
tinggi sehingga setiap harinya ia akan bekerja dengan maksimal dan meningkatkan performansi kerjanya.

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 Tony Kurz is a managing director at Capital Alliance Partners,

 David Clark is the vice president of global marketing for

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