by Christina Creal

Created on: December 29, 2007

Just because someone is paid more does not necessarily mean that they work more. The amount of work a person does depends on several different things: job description, personal work pace, the need for income, happiness with the job and personality. Some jobs are more time consuming and some are more laid back. Some people are able to get certain tasks done quicker than others. Some people are workaholics and some work enough to get by. Some people love their job and are the first to arrive and last to leave. Others dread getting out of bed, are chronically late and find every reason to leave early.

A pipe fitter that makes $15 per hour may have to work sixty hours per week to get a specific task done, where as a CPA making thirty dollars per hour may only need thirty-eight hours to complete his or her weekly tasks. A person that receives a promotion with a pay raise may work more because their job description demands it. Another person with that same company may receive a raise and not work anymore hours. The raise could either be enough to make their lifestyle more comfortable or they may feel that getting the raise proved that they do their fair share already.

Someone that has a family to go home to each day may work diligently to complete their work in order to spend more time at home. A person that is single may spend more time socializing at work prolonging their workday because there is no reason for them to rush home. Another person may simply work a little slower to feel sure that they are doing everything properly and some people simply "work for the weekend".

Some people may take a higher paying job for the simple reason of not having to work as much. A person that works fifty hours per week at nine dollars per hour may take a fifteen-dollar per hour job just for the simple fact that they can make the same amount of money and work fewer hours. Mothers and retirees that already have a comfortable lifestyle may work for the pleasure of it. Those people could fall into either category. They may work harder than the people that need the paycheck or they could be the ones that call in simply because they didn't feel like coming to work.

A retail worker that hates her job may be late everyday and leave early with any excuse. If that same retail worker quits her eight-dollar per hour job and goes to work at a vet's office only making six, she may work as much as she's allowed for the simple fact that she loves animals and hates the public.

Money seems to

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