Marissa Mayer Quotes

I try not to and I don't think I ever have just jumped at any opportunity because a company wanted me. Just because there was money on the table doesn't mean that I took it.

You've gotta realize this - you could be working at Burger King or working for the biggest wrestling company in the world.

While the women of the older generation were thankful if only they succeeded in obtaining 'a work and a duty,' however monotonous and wearing it might be, the will of the younger generation for a pleasurable labour has fortunately increased.

Employees, especially young people, want more than a paycheck.

In general, everyone wants to work and work more. But in fact, when a young generation has sufficient capability then we should create conditions for them to work.

I'm enjoying the work while I get it right now.

Most of the good people of my generation... had offers to become editors, but the thought of going inside was just absolutely horrifying.

I like being in the workforce; it keeps me grounded.

If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.

It's a blessing to have work that feels fulfilling.

Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.

The guys have told me not to quit my day job.

It's hard to have a career.

People really do think they have to choose between high stress and high reward jobs, and low stress and low reward jobs.

You would think that when someone accepts a position with a company, they would assume that their life will be better off because they have that job rather than a different one.

Work is no longer challenging.

Go work at the post office or Starbucks if you want balance in your life.

I had to think really hard about how to choose between job offers.

Economics works great for planning your life when you don't have a work passion, since we tend to assume that your job delivers only money and you trade off job hours with leisure hours. If you think your job will just be a job, pick one that pays well per hour and leaves you some time off, even if the activity of the job is boring.

I would be really happy to be working and be able to do my craft.

I think people tend to apply where they think the greatest opportunities lie.

Really, as long as I am working and have diversity, I am happy.

I've always worked.

We have lost the old love of work.

Men, by and large, make more because of some of the things they do. Their jobs are, by and large, riskier. They don’t mind working nights and weekends. They don’t mind working overtime or outdoors.