Working for low pay all the time.

What motivates me is the need for a few luxuries -- like a roof over my head and food to eat. I had a good job. Now I don't. I work on the internet for very low pay and I never worked so hard in my life. Do I like it? NO. Do I want to eat tomorrow? Do I want to buy food for my cats? If the answer is yes then I'll keep working for what ever I can get. If I make only $1 it's $1 I didn't have before. Losing your job will change your whole outlook on things. If somebody told me last year that I would be doing this now, I would have said "NO WAY!" I'm also older and it's very difficult to get a job. When you have your youth it's much easier to be optimistic for the future and the job options are better. Also, the state I live in has very few jobs. The state has taken over many, many motels to have a place for homeless families who have lost their jobs and homes. The homeless shelters are full to capacity. Some of the career centers are so backed up with people that occasionally they put up a sign saying they are not taking any more clients at the present time. Just letting you know how the other half is (barely) living. But I hope you all have or find the good jobs you're looking for. I'm just giving you another perspective on the question "...waste of time doing low pay....?" It's great to be young.

Hi, It is very frustrating to work for low pay all the time. We should have pay accordingly what we deserves. But we can see around us the people who have no education but they are successful in getting more money. But I think they have some special skill or ability to earn money. Without some skill no one can earn money. You should try to find job again and again and work on existing job till you get new job. It is better to have something than nothing.

Working for low pay doesn't do a lot for my self esteem. I know I'm compromising when I do that. It doesn't make me feel good.

For me, I have to say that it really depends on whether or not I enjoy the job. If I was working at a job that didn't pay very well and that I didn't enjoy either, then it would be something that would be very difficult for me to continue doing. However, if the job is something that I really enjoy doing, it wouldn't really bother me at all even if I was not well-compensated for the work that I was doing. I know this to be the truth in my life because I did have a decent paying job that I didn't enjoy it and I quit that job and went to a lower paying job that I enjoyed a lot more.

What I earn at my part-time job definitely doesn't motivate me to work. It used to, but not anymore. For 2 weeks during the summer I worked my butt off so I'd have a really good paycheck. I was excited because I would stay past my shift and I worked all the time. Well, I was really disappointed when I got my paycheck because it was a lot lower than what I had expected. Then I realized that I just don't get paid enough for the work I do and especially after being at that job for a year and not getting any raise or promotion. Ever since then, I'm not motivated to work really hard during my shifts simply because it's just not worth it to me because I don't get paid anything extra for it, all I get is minimum wage.

Sometime higher paid jobs can come with higher levels of stress.lower paid jobs can be less taxing.what you've got to ask yourself is are happy in your work

I have done low-paid jobs in my life when there has been nothing else. What I did then was to focus on the job itself and discovered satisfaction because I gave it the best I could. That way the mind will change its focus and be able to accept that there is not much money. I did that a lot in my youth and realized that it was not to be forever - nothing is, but did my best to focus on the moment. _Derek

Many people are simply contented to the low paying hard jobs in the internet. For those who are really experienced go beyond it. One is by joining sites wherein their service (as a writer maybe) is hired by others. This requires a reputation though and really good at English language.

amount of pay is the most important factor to motivate productivity of an employee hence, if one feels that he is not justly compensated for his efforts demoralization will set in and outcome is low or lesser quality output. if you feel that this is happening to you, then scouting for a better paying job is very reasonable.

I Am also finding myself at the receiving end of a low cost job,which stresses and uses my skills so much ,but the salary is very less and i am really finding hard to survive here. i feel its because of the competition we have to suffer

yes, i feel , frustrated, and it lessens my motivation, i already went through this phase. But after few days i felt , that's not right, i mean there are so many people , around us, who badly need a job but, they are still not able to get it, so i am in a better place, but we should not continue , we have to work on getting a better job.

Yes. It is really not motivating if the pay is quite low. But it is still better than no money at all. If I could not find a good job, i think i will settle for a low paying job. I will just work hard so i will get promoted.

It depends, if that is part of my career plan, and if I have to start somewhere, I might take that kind of job. Provided that it will be a good training ground and somewhere good to build up a good clientele and contacts. Of course it goes to show that I have some time frame and wouldn't be staying in that job for long. If im just starting, I wouldn't be choosy in terms of pay. I have to start somewhere. Once I'm past the initial stage of my "career path" then I'll move on to the next stage. This time, no more low pays and such.

It depends, if that is part of my career plan, and if I have to start somewhere, I might take that kind of job. Provided that it will be a good training ground and somewhere good to build up a good clientele and contacts. Of course it goes to show that I have some time frame and wouldn't be staying in that job for long. If im just starting, I wouldn't be choosy in terms of pay. I have to start somewhere. Once I'm past the initial stage of my "career path" then I'll move on to the next stage. This time, no more low pays and such.

Me, I'm more concerned if I'm enjoying myself with the job..cause even if I get a high paying job, but I'm not happy with the job, then its useless. I'd have to drag myself everyday to go to work.

Dear Trinity, I believe higher salary can encourage people to work better . We work for our ideals, and also for making a living. Parents should earn money for their little children. Sons and daughters earn money for their old parents. We can't live without money. Money sometimes can motivate our passion at work. Do you think so?

I would have certainly sat idle rather than work for a low-pad job knowing that I have got more skills for doing a better paid job. However, economic situations, job crisis can often make us do low-paid jobs. When choice becomes limited we cannot often follow our own inclinations.