Some employers seek mythical employees, desiring people with no personal lives or outside interests, with top-notch educations but willing to work for jobs paying little money, minimal benefits, and arduous hours. And they need to be in perfect health at all times and never question authority. In other words, robots.
The other side of this is the mythical employer. This includes those applicants and employees who want to work for employers doing whatever work pleases them and is fun, in only the way they wish to perform the work, at their own pace and schedule with no deadlines or pressure, all in exchange for large sums of money and lots of vacation. In other words, dreamers and the slightly delusional.
Somewhere between these two extremes is reality. Employers have the right to expect best efforts from their employees but at a fair rate of compensation given each individual's education, training, experience, and performance. In other words, a fair day's work for a fair day's pay. Employees have the additional rights to be treated respectfully, valued members of the team, with the employer's understanding that we are all human and imperfect. Each side needs the other to achieve true success. Let's all dream big, continually improve through time and effort, but still have realistic expectations of each other.
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The other side of this is the mythical employer. This includes those applicants and employees who want to work for employers doing whatever work pleases them and is fun, in only the way they wish to perform the work, at their own pace and schedule with no deadlines or pressure, all in exchange for large sums of money and lots of vacation. In other words, dreamers and the slightly delusional.
Somewhere between these two extremes is reality. Employers have the right to expect best efforts from their employees but at a fair rate of compensation given each individual's education, training, experience, and performance. In other words, a fair day's work for a fair day's pay. Employees have the additional rights to be treated respectfully, valued members of the team, with the employer's understanding that we are all human and imperfect. Each side needs the other to achieve true success. Let's all dream big, continually improve through time and effort, but still have realistic expectations of each other.
http://www.employmentlawman.com/monday-morning-musings.html
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