On 5/19/06, Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 19/05/06, Manish Jethani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > few months, switch jobs on a whim, etc. It's very difficult to hire > and retain good people in any business. Welcome to the real world.
What crap. I don't subscribe to the idea that being a desirable employee gives you a license to be unprofessional. Finally, maybe I'm old fashioned but I do believe in personal honour. If you make a commitment, you need to live up to it. I really wouldn't want to work with someone who cannot be relied upon to do what he says he would do. And I realised that at 22.
The answer to the above question depend s on your view of the world. Some people view taking up a job offer and working for an organisation as a relationship. Others view it as an economic transaction. The organisation pays me and I contribute to the organisation's income. If you are in the first category then the discussion about committment comes into place. I think in the current economic scenario where we are in a unipolar world (where capitalism dominates and socialism is for all purposes dead), we will veer towards the second category. (Though I believe the distinction in the categories is fuzzy and often intesecting). This is merely a side effect of liberalisation. People have more choices now but it comes with the pressure to perform. It will be difficult to find people who stay with an organisation more than 5-6 years. (BTW this was fairly common in the earlier generations to have worked for an employer for 20 years or more). You will see a lot of people who are born in the 80's and later having the economic transaction point-of-view. It is merely the sign of the times. It is best to embrace it rather than resist it. --> Vinayak H ps. Before anyone points it out, I am guilty of brutal caricaturization of Biju's and Manish's point-of-view. I could not keep from adding fuel to the fire ;).
