I read somewhere (I want to say Thomas Merton, don't ask how I ended up in one of his books because I don't remember) made the distinction between "work" and mere "labor." The first is, as you say, something most people want to do; people want to engage their energies in meaningful and constructive activities. Labor, however, is what most of us get stuck with: rote, vacuous, mechanical, and benumbing.
I read somewhere (I want to say Thomas Merton, don't ask how I ended up in one of his books because I don't remember) made the distinction between "work" and mere "labor." The first is, as you say, something most people want to do; people want to engage their energies in meaningful and constructive activities. Labor, however, is what most of us get stuck with: rote, vacuous, mechanical, and benumbing.
Either way, fair compensation should be an expectation, not an accident.