These two kinds of comparison with alternative situations (expected or counterfactual) have mainly been examined in the social psychological laboratory, with a focus on study-specific cognitions or satisfaction with a feature that is not jib-related. We have almost no research information about the judgments’ activation, content, or consequences for well-being inside organizations. Nevertheless, it seems likely that expectancy effects occur in work setting as well as else-where, and that counterfactual comparisons are often made: How does my job compare to others that I might have had? Job-related well-being sometimes derives in part from judgments based on prior expectations and about the content of other jobs, known or imagined.