Now you can test your working conditions online

The online test in Finnish, Swedish and English examines such aspects as job security, income and employee empowerment. The test analyses the answers given and assesses whether the respondent’s working conditions are better or worse than the national average.

In addition to the overall assessment, the test also provides a point-by-point comparison with other workplaces assessed by ten significant job quality factors.

SAK created the Good Job Barometer with a view to improving the world of work. SAK Development Manager Juha Antila explains that the project seeks to study the quality of working conditions from a wide range of perspectives.

“Although most workplaces in Finland fall somewhere between the extremes, with working conditions that are neither excellent nor atrocious, there is still plenty of scope for doing things differently.”

Antila points out that the Good Job Barometer only assesses the individual’s view of a job and workplace, and does not attempt to assess the quality of the workplace as a whole.

“One and the same workplace can include both good and bad jobs. We are talking about the employee’s personal experience.”

You can take the test of working conditions by visiting the SAK website at www.sak.fi/barometer.

The Good Job Barometer applies data from the latest SAK working conditions survey, which drew responses from 1,203 members of SAK-affiliated trade union members in spring 2014. The template for the Barometer is the Gute Arbeit index used by the German Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB).