If You Had to Choose Which is more important, a high salary or comfortable working conditions? Intrinsic rewards of work are scarce for these workers in Mumbai, India (left), who talk to North Americans who phone in confused about their computers, their bills, or their online orders, as well as for the man in eastern Colorado (right). His relationships with coworkers and supervisors are not comforting, and he has heard that fracking increases pollution, earthquakes, and cancer (hence the protective gear). Most workers who have few psychosocial benefits at work are much younger than the average employee.