Job Security? (You've
got to be kidding!) I wanted to
relate a story to you about organizational thought. Although it is rather funny
and deals with a governmental institution this issue is at the very serious
heart of why companies view employees as Liabilities rather than
Assets.
Once upon a time the government had a vast
scrap yard in the middle of a desert. Congress said, someone may steal from it
at night. So they created a night watchman position and hired a person for the
job.
Then Congress said, How does the watchman do
his job without instruction? So they created a planning department and hired
two people, one person to write the instructions, and one person to do time
studies.
Then Congress said, How will we know the night
watchman is doing the tasks correctly? So they created a Quality Control
department and hired two people. One to do the studies and one to write the
reports.
Then Congress said, How are these people going
to get paid? So they created the following positions, a timekeeper, and a
payroll officer, then hired two people to fill these positions.
Then Congress said, Who will be accountable
for all of these people? So they created an administrative section and hired
three people, an Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer, and a
Legal Secretary.
Then Congress said, We have had this command
in operation for one year and we are $18,000 over budget, we must cutback
overall cost.
So,
they laid off the night watchman.
The night watchman was hired to accomplish a
task and was viewed to begin with as an Asset and then over time the value of
the night watchman became hidden by a lot of other issues. He then became a
Liability rather than an Asset and was released from employment.
Every other day there is news of another 25,000
jobs being cut here and 10,000 over there. The stock of these companies would
indicate that it was just GOOD SOUND BUSINESS! What is to be said about the
fellow or gal who spent 25 years working for that company? You never hear about
them on the 5 oclock news only a number. Where has all the humanity gone?
In an
article called The Four Greatest
Fears of Starting Your Own Business by Leonard Clements, CEO of
MarketWaveInc.com.
He talks about the 4 basic reasons people give for not starting their own
business.
1- It
takes too much money.
They didn't have tens-of-thousands, or hundreds-of-thousands of dollars to
invest in a business (and they didn't know anyone else who did).
2- It
takes too much time.
They didn't want to work 80 hours a weeks for the first year or two to get their
business going.
3-
There's too much risk.
Over 56% of all businesses fail in the first two years, and they'd have to quit
their job, so there was no safety net.
4-
They didn't know how.
They'd never taken any business courses. They had no business experience. They
don't know anything about taxes, accounting, marketing, and the myriad of other
skills a good entrepreneur must possess.
And
then there comes the Internet and a Network Marketing Opportunity and he
continues:
Would
you ever consider going into business for yourself if; the total start up costs
were under $500, the total time investment could be as little as 5-15 hours a
week, you could continue to work in your present job until the income from your
business was sufficient to earn you at least an equal income, so there is little
risk, and best of all, there were numerous consultants available to you who are
experts at running this business, who would train and advise you personally, for
an unlimited number of hours, for the entire life of your business, absolutely
free Not only that, but there is another company that will take care of all
your research and development, labeling, inventory, shipping, payroll, payroll
and sales taxes, most legal questions, and so on. And, this company will do this
for you every month, for the life of your business, for around, oh, $25.00 a
year?
Time and time
again I get reminded why I have focused my career in this Industry. The concept
of a J.O.B. that the Boomer generation considered Security has
turned into a stress-ridden risk. We are now seeing that more and more of the
world population are realizing that only through owning their own business can
they truly control their financial stability.
Good Luck on
your Journey,
Mel Atwood
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