Do you ever get the feeling that you are putting so much time in for a company that isn't looking out for YOU? Hypothetically speaking, lets say that you work for a company that wants the most out of you. Even when you are giving "110%" they are asking for you to give more, more of your time, more effort, more of yourself. Lets just say that in this environment you have meetings two or three times a week (see my post on office meetings/training) where the local heads of this said company are telling you that you are not doing enough for "The Company". You are asked to give more of your time and energy. Lets say that, hypothetically, you start to feel that you are not being compensated for this extra time that you are asked to give. You start to question the effort that you are putting in because the compensation is not equal to the amount of time. You want to slack but you know that in the long run it will only hurt your hypothetical bottom line and you have a family to feed. You continue to work and give "110%" all the while hearing in meetings how you are not doing enough. At some point there is a breaking point, lets say hypothetically that it is an email you receive stating that you will now have to work a few Saturdays and you are not going to be compensated due to the fact that you are an "exempt" employee (exempt employees don't have to clock in or out because they are commission based employees so they are supposed to be able to come in when they need to and leave when they need to. These employees actually are expected to be at the office at 8:30am and not leave until 5:30pm and if they don't adhere then they are in trouble and you better not bring up that these employees are exempt employees because you don't really know the correct definition of exempt employees). So, hypothetically, you say something to a coworker about working on a Saturday and don't realize that a manager is standing on the other side of the cubical wall. That said manager pulls you into his/her office and begins to tell you that you have a bad attitude and that you are not a "Company Man". You bring up all the things that you are doing and how you continue to give the proverbial 110% and this manager tells you that is not right because if you were a "Company Man" you would know that 110% is relative. When you are giving 110% then 110% actually becomes 75% meaning that you need to work harder to get to 110%. You leave this meeting in a worse position then when you went in but you can't say anything or else the heads will send out an email stating that you have relationals training and it is mandatory for the entire department.Sunday, January 25, 2009
Company Man
Do you ever get the feeling that you are putting so much time in for a company that isn't looking out for YOU? Hypothetically speaking, lets say that you work for a company that wants the most out of you. Even when you are giving "110%" they are asking for you to give more, more of your time, more effort, more of yourself. Lets just say that in this environment you have meetings two or three times a week (see my post on office meetings/training) where the local heads of this said company are telling you that you are not doing enough for "The Company". You are asked to give more of your time and energy. Lets say that, hypothetically, you start to feel that you are not being compensated for this extra time that you are asked to give. You start to question the effort that you are putting in because the compensation is not equal to the amount of time. You want to slack but you know that in the long run it will only hurt your hypothetical bottom line and you have a family to feed. You continue to work and give "110%" all the while hearing in meetings how you are not doing enough. At some point there is a breaking point, lets say hypothetically that it is an email you receive stating that you will now have to work a few Saturdays and you are not going to be compensated due to the fact that you are an "exempt" employee (exempt employees don't have to clock in or out because they are commission based employees so they are supposed to be able to come in when they need to and leave when they need to. These employees actually are expected to be at the office at 8:30am and not leave until 5:30pm and if they don't adhere then they are in trouble and you better not bring up that these employees are exempt employees because you don't really know the correct definition of exempt employees). So, hypothetically, you say something to a coworker about working on a Saturday and don't realize that a manager is standing on the other side of the cubical wall. That said manager pulls you into his/her office and begins to tell you that you have a bad attitude and that you are not a "Company Man". You bring up all the things that you are doing and how you continue to give the proverbial 110% and this manager tells you that is not right because if you were a "Company Man" you would know that 110% is relative. When you are giving 110% then 110% actually becomes 75% meaning that you need to work harder to get to 110%. You leave this meeting in a worse position then when you went in but you can't say anything or else the heads will send out an email stating that you have relationals training and it is mandatory for the entire department.
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Hypothetically speaking, this company mans just needs to smile and remember thathis family knows he is giving 110% and it is thier opinion that matters. Hypothetically speaking, even his cousin's wife can see that and thinks he is a great guy, so hypothetically speaking for the rest of today he should just think happy thoughts and not care what jerks at his work think.
Hypothetically yours,
C
This really is carry over from Friday. I am really not that up set Hypothetically speaking. I had this stuff floating in my head before church today and thought that if I wanted to feel the spirit today that I should get this done. Thanks though, it was a very nice comment hypothetically speaking.
I second Christine
I find it amusing that people that don't work for this "hypothetical" company generally all seem to think that those of us who do "have a negative attitude."
The truth of the matter is that this "hypothetical" company is the single worst company I have ever had the displeasure of working for in my entire life. However, we are controlled by the tyrannical rule of said "heads" in what is known in sociology as conflict theory. They have the authority and belong to a higher class, they berate us daily - sometimes in well executed degradation ceremonies - yet we are bound to continue working and giving our 110% because we have bills and there are NO JOBS. Had this hypothetical company taken this tone with their employees even 2 years ago - EVERYONE would have quit. Yet, because the economy is in the toilet, we put up with their BS because we have no options.
Unfortunately, according to the laws of conflict theory, until all of us who are being consistently crapped on on a daily basis rise together in a unified manner against the oppression of the idiots making the bad decisions and demand to be treated with both dignity and respect... nothing will change.
I would say that I have never read a truer blog post anywhere. You have hit the hypothetical nail on the hypothetical head.
And don't forget to send me a memo about our upheaval of authority. I so TOTALLY have your back.
Chris, you get what I am talking about. It is nice to have someone who hypothetically works at the same place.
Hypothetically speaking... anyway.
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