An analogy to consider
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| Tue, 03-02-2004 - 10:51am |
There are “fair” companies where there will be a fair human resources process where people may or may not be hired without a very stringent process, where there will not be a personal development plan for each individual, where the focus is not as much on the strengths as on the weaknesses, where employees rarely get bonuses for best performance but do get a warning any time anything goes wrong, where the thought of dismissing an employee is entertained at any time if the economy goes bad or if any of the weakness of the employee comes into play, where the management only worries about making great profits but not about its people…..you get the picture……this is a company where there truly are a lot of bad apples, the employees have zero loyalty to the company, where the employees bide their time until they find something better. In such a company people keep on coming in and keep on going it and this company never reaches the height of any form of success.
Then there are “great” companies where a person is hired after a very strict screening, where development plans are formulized for every individual since the company understands that every person is not perfect and will have many strengths but few weaknesses too and the plan will help focus on the strengths and help devise strategies dealing with the weakness, the purpose of the company is not just to keep the management happy but to keep the employee happy too, where the employee gets recognition when they do something good and are not warned to be kicked out of the door if anything goes wrong just because the company understands that this person was not arbitrarily brought in once but after a careful consideration, …you again get the picture. These are companies where the employees and management are loyal and committed to each others happiness, have high productivity, and reach heights of success. Here an average person has worked a number of years and the turnover rate remains low.
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Unfortuately there are no perfect companies and no perfect employees. I sure wish there were!
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I don't think I am a "fair" company. I do the best of my ability in everything I do and I am too much of a perectionist not to. I do my job as a wife well - take care of my husband's need and understand and love him for what he is. I love my OM and understand the important part he plays in my life. I do my work well too. I don't have any conflicts neither am I biding time to be in a better situation. I love my life as it is and wouldn't want it to be anything else it has been so far. In fact I have come a long way from where I started off and I don't intend to slack off. So, philly, your analogy doesn't appeal to me. There, I said it and I feel better now. :0)
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