"Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle." - Napoleon Hill
I started a short series of posts about my experiences in workplaces and, more specifically, experiences revolving around some of the less productive and valued behaviours; the red flags so to speak. This is part two.
No way forward and stunted growth
It's common for companies to talk about and offer the warm and fuzzies; family culture, team events, kitchen facilities and so on...but for most people those things are incidentals; most are looking for much more and it's not necessarily pay-related.
We all like quality coffee and tea facilities, a refrigerator stocked with Voss water, a bowl of fresh fruit and today-baked pastries right? But what about training, promotion, career development, job-security, support to help growth and development, job satisfaction and other such things? Yes, we like them too.
For a person looking to work their way upwards, increase income and opportunity, have longevity and happiness in the workplace it's those things that matter more than a chocolate chip cookie now and then...or should matter more than a cookie or Voss water.
A company that doesn't offer these things, and back up the offer with action, is self-limiting in many ways; not least of which is the fact they will not attract and retain the right (or good) people which will hold the company back and possibly put its future in jeopardy. Having the wrong people means everyone has to work harder and when they don't the business suffers, the culture suffers and people leave. Interestingly, I've found that the organisations offering and delivering those important elements also tend to nail the warm and fuzzies I mentioned as well.
What do you think, any comments and remarks, experiences of your own?
Design and create your ideal life, tomorrow isn't promised - galenkp
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