What Happened to the World’s Work Ethic?
10.25.07 - 05:34am
I’ve joked about this time and time again how most of America(possibly the world?) gets paid to do nothing at work. I’ve got multiple friends that are fresh out of college and consistently tell me stories of sitting idle at work as there simply isn’t any work to be done. It boggles my mind exactly how this can occur, if I was the owner of a small business of 10-15 individuals I’d make sure my employees worked hard and were properly rewarded for it. Larger businesses I suppose have more trouble insuring there is enough work to do as individuals can fall through the cracks but still, how the hell do these companies make any money if they pay their resources to sit idle? Imagine the profitability some companies could make if they better utilized their employees. Life Reboot has a great article titled “The Working Dead” and it precisely describes this situation, it is a great read and I highly suggest reading it. Now back to surfing the Internet while pretending I’m out in the garage working ;)
Source: Life Reboot
I think there are various reasons for this. In the west young people feel they have an entitlement to everything they want and this is pushed from marketing companies telling people that they ‘deserve’ the best for themselves. This does not generally translate into hard work by people and so as nations we become lazy. The backlash is coming with the countries from the Far East (and also to a degree from Eastern Europe) where a strong work ethic is still in existence. Unless we wake up, we will be overtaken. Interesting times!
This is a topic I discuss with others almost daily. I was raised to give 100% and expect pay for it. There’s always someone who wants your job and will get it if you don’t produce good results in your job. All I see now is people working harder to keep from working than the time it would take to do the job right. Is this “Job Security”? or just the way the world world works now? Customer satisfaction is out the window. No one cares about anything but getting a pay check they feel they are entitled to. The world doesn’t owe you anything deadbeats!! I know I would be the hardest person to work for because I would make sure you are earning your wages and leaving a positive impression on me or my department or company. It’s hard to face the reality of we can’t change things and just have to live with it. It all of our faults to allow those lazy something for nothing individuals to get away with. It is only going to get worse so get ready for other countries to continue to take over America. It’s your turn now.