I expected “fair pay” and “benefits” to be higher. I thought the main reason why most people worked was to get paid and have benefits to survive. I actually thought that was the main reason for “work” itself. For me “meaningful work/making a difference” would be the first thing on the list followed by “fair pay” and “benefits”. While working for a company who was in the middle of the military industrial complex, I wasn’t satisfied because I felt I wasn’t really making a positive difference in the world. It was the main reason I wanted to leave and get training to do something to help people. Next on the list is “fair pay” and “benefits” because I need this to survive and as a woman who worked in corporate America, I have seen hard working, competent people be de-valuated by a company in this way. It really frustrates people to not get paid a decent wage and have benefits to support their family. Its very expensive to live in this country, own a house, save for retirement, save for your children’s college education, afford childcare, feed and cloth children in general. I have comforted grown men who were crying because even though they had an engineering degree and were one of the top performers in the dept, they were on welfare. I’m really surprised “fair pay” and “benefits” wasn’t higher on the list….