Loyalty has changed since our parents have been in the workforce. For many of our parents, they have worked for the same company that they started working for when they graduated high school and college. They do not understand that many people in today's working world change jobs an average of three to five times in their careers. They have the mindset of being a lawyer, butcher, salesperson, or administrative assistant until they reach sixty five and nothing else.
My father was fresh out of engineering school in the early 1960's and he got in the right job at the right time with the evolving technology and good economic times. He moved up the ladder and had a good career there. To the lucky, this happens, but to everyone else, we struggle to make it up the ladder. He worked from 1962 until 2000 at the same job. He believed in the company and the company believed in him. He never felt let down by the company, even when a boss from Hell for a few years entered the scene. He stayed, because he owed everything to the company, even turning down a good job with better money. Imagine him balking at me when I wanted to hang up the apron strings and DO something I loved!
Excited I had a testing session with a prestigious financial firm, he said, "Well, that place lays off a lot of people, better stick with what you know." Any time I had a new lead, there was always the, "Well, it's hard work and very stressful, better stick with what you know." Or, the company has invested in you, you need to stay.
I don't think many people who have been in this profession really KNOW what it is all about. It's demanding. It's physically, mentally, and emotionally demanding some days. Some days are great, but then some days really suck. Some days you make more than your dream job position EVER makes, and some days you make less than the guy who works at McDonald's. It's not consistent, and when wanting to send a child to college, I wanted a bit more than wondering how much money I'll bring in and worrying about it because it's cyclical in the Restaurant Business, the Holidays are amazing and then in January it's a dribble of income. It's tough.
I remember my dad acting like I was spitting in my organization's face to find greener pastures, and yes my organization has been good to me in so many ways, and I still have respect for them, but sometimes a person has to do what a person has to do to survive and thrive in today's world and you can always have a respect for a company you have worked for, but you don't need to be a martyr to them.
My father was fresh out of engineering school in the early 1960's and he got in the right job at the right time with the evolving technology and good economic times. He moved up the ladder and had a good career there. To the lucky, this happens, but to everyone else, we struggle to make it up the ladder. He worked from 1962 until 2000 at the same job. He believed in the company and the company believed in him. He never felt let down by the company, even when a boss from Hell for a few years entered the scene. He stayed, because he owed everything to the company, even turning down a good job with better money. Imagine him balking at me when I wanted to hang up the apron strings and DO something I loved!
Excited I had a testing session with a prestigious financial firm, he said, "Well, that place lays off a lot of people, better stick with what you know." Any time I had a new lead, there was always the, "Well, it's hard work and very stressful, better stick with what you know." Or, the company has invested in you, you need to stay.
I don't think many people who have been in this profession really KNOW what it is all about. It's demanding. It's physically, mentally, and emotionally demanding some days. Some days are great, but then some days really suck. Some days you make more than your dream job position EVER makes, and some days you make less than the guy who works at McDonald's. It's not consistent, and when wanting to send a child to college, I wanted a bit more than wondering how much money I'll bring in and worrying about it because it's cyclical in the Restaurant Business, the Holidays are amazing and then in January it's a dribble of income. It's tough.
I remember my dad acting like I was spitting in my organization's face to find greener pastures, and yes my organization has been good to me in so many ways, and I still have respect for them, but sometimes a person has to do what a person has to do to survive and thrive in today's world and you can always have a respect for a company you have worked for, but you don't need to be a martyr to them.
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