Work Scale

Does your work stimulate you collectively at a knowledge, skills, vocation, interest, and personality level?

Yes No

Does your work excite you and when you get up in the morning, are you in a positive frame of mind about going to work?

Yes No

Does your line manager set clear goals for you?

Yes No

Do you feel you have the necessary skills and knowledge to do your work efficiently?

Yes No

Do you know what skills you need to develop and what knowledge needs to be broadened?

Yes No

Do you have opportunities to develop those skills and broaden your knowledge?

Yes No

Do you get feedback about your performance and progress by means of informal discussion or a performance management system and does it include positive feedback as well as constructive criticism?

Yes No

Do you feel that your work offers you challenges in the form of having to tackle new tasks and being able to do interesting things that allow you to grow in your work and to grow personally?

Yes No

Are you empowered to make the decisions that need to be taken and that form part of your responsibilities?

Yes No

Do you feel your work allows for a healthy balance between work and life? Yes (1) / No

Yes No

Do you have flexible working hours?

Yes No

Do your benefits include adequate leave to look after your family during difficult times such as when your child is ill or a family member has passed away? Does it include maternity leave and annual leave?

Yes No

Do you have access to an employee assistance programme which includes access to a counsellor and support for any matters related to your personal, physical, financial and spiritual wellbeing?

Yes No

Are working conditions safe and hygienic?

Yes No

Are your skills, abilities and potential being used optimally at work?

Yes No

10)

Do you have the opportunity to come forward with new proposals?

Yes No

11)

Does your job offer you security in terms of benefits, salary and a future in the company?

Yes No

12)

Can you identify with your company’s values and culture?

Yes No

13)

Is there regular communication and do you feel that you are informed about your company’s goals and strategies?

Yes No

14)

Do organisational politics influence you negatively

Yes No

15)

Do you have good relations with your colleagues and manager? (“Good relations” mean, among others, that people treat each other with respect and that communication is open and honest.)

Yes No

16)

Do you feel your daily stress is normal; in other words, is it healthy pressure that keeps you motivated?

Yes No

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