Thursday, April 2, 2009

A Good Job?

Is there any such thing as a good job in this economy ? Anything that pays the bills-Definitely Not Anymore. As the economy gets worse(recession-unavoidable), the demands on employees in this job market gets more often and more extreme. Money can not be the answer. So along with the compensation aspect, a good job or any job is defined by the character of the ominous boss in charge and the terrain of the work environment.
Let's face it. The work gots to be done. And somebody gots make sure that it is done. What type of person should that be? Being a boss means that you will be dealing with people and lots of them-whether workers, customers or competitors and critics. Flexible and adjustible is a must. Accidents or mishaps don't happen on a schedule (or at least they are not suppose to). People get sick, items get lost, and things get forgotten. It happens.
Next, don't forget the environment that you are in-a work environment. You are there to do something for someone else. It does not make sense that by subtracting you will get an addition or by giving away you will have more. Futhermore, it would not make sense that by spending your time, energy, etc for someone else, you are somehow helping yourself. It's reasonable if it is important to you or a part of your life.
Like me, eating should be important to you too. Food ,shelter ,transportation, health and any other need cost money. A person must live somehere. Most likely a house with a mortgage and maybe a second mortgage looming in the future. With a not so new car parked in the garage tied to high car insurance. Now if your car insurance is high, what is it like for a person's health insurance. A hopeless cycle. Nevertheless, when needs are not met:don't sleep, don't eat, then you shut down. No work gets done.

A Good Job = a realistic boss+ prudent tasks+ supportive compensation

1 comment:

TrueQuest said...

This is a fresh idea. See the following article Blogging Your Way into a Job
http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/career-articles-blogging_your_way_into_a_job-807
My thanks to the author!