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Have You Seen My Boss?
The Empathy TrapThe empathize trap is a real phenomena, it happens when we feel sorry for others who use this to get us to ..... I work for a huge organization and have never met the guy in charge. Rumor has it, that there might not be one single person in charge, but a committee of talented and caring individuals. Great, I dont even know for sure who Im ultimately working for.
Ive heard it said that Im not alone. Apparently theres an enormous amount of staff all doing various assignments, some in management, some in communications, some in marketing and advertising, some in product development, and quite a few new recruits who really have no idea what theyre going to be doing. I work alone in my little cubical without much interaction with my coworkers. Im not really sure why that is, but from what Im told, my work is done best without the distraction of others. Oh well, I think I would like to have coworkers around to distract me, but what do I know? I know Ive gone through extensive training and am getting pretty good at my job. Im starting to feel comfortable here. I like my work. From what Ive read in the company newsletters, memos, and emails, other people are being trained together in groups, and quite a few are cross-training in and out of each others departments.
A lot of us have children and were encouraged to bring them to work with us. My three seem to dart in and out of my work area on a regular basis. They show up a lot in my work. Sometimes they help me and other times they would rather just play at being kids. Since my boss doesnt seem to mind if they are here or not, I just sort of let them come and go in and out of my work as much as they like. I wonder if theyll end up working here too. I really want for them to love their jobs like I do, and I encourage them to be whatever they want when they grow up. However, if I was completely honest, Id love it if theyd follow in my footsteps and come do this with me.
Ive also noticed that the company really supports coworkers dating each other and will usually set up husband and wife teams to work together on projects. I think thats really cool. I look forward to some day working side by side with a partner. I havent really dated anyone from this company yet. I think that most of my coworkers seem pretty nice and it might be the one place where its safe to date your coworkers, but Im just not sure yet.
The schedule is really great. I get to make my own hours especially because of working around my kids schedule. My boss is very understanding of the fact that were all parents, sisters, brothers, sons, and daughters. Its the most family friendly company Ive ever worked for. We are all allowed flextime, job sharing, and as much parental leave as you could ever dream of. Its not that we dont have deadlines and really important time tables, its just that theres always someone else who can pick up and run with your project if you need to stop and focus on something else for a bit. When you come back to work, you may be reassigned to another project if youve been gone too long and the original project was in jeopardy of not being completed on time, but nobody gets mad at you for it and everyone seems really happy to pitch in wherever needed. You can work as much or as little as you like and youre free to work from home too.
The 7 Seal JudgementsThese next 3 articles are going to be extremely HARD HITTING. I am not going to pull any punches on what will be discussed in these ..... You do get called into meetings but everyones pretty straight up and they let you argue the point if you dont like the assignment handed out to you. The management will explain their reasoning for just about everything. The only thing I cant get them to tell me is who is the big boss in charge of this whole operation. While in the meetings, they really make you feel like youre a valuable member of the company. I always come away from the meetings feeling really inspired and ready to take on the world! I usually forget all about trying to figure out who the boss is because I feel so good about working for such a great organization.
The pay scale is nothing like anywhere else Ive ever worked. They say that we can pick our own salary just so long as we really believe that were worthy of it. Apparently, if you try to bluff and say youre worth more than you really think you are, then they find out and reduce your pay check to match what you secretly think is your value. Im not always sure how they do that part, but it does seem to work. There have been times when Ive told myself I was worth more and then didnt get the raise in pay. Later upon retrospect, I realized that they were right and I was just saying that to try to convince myself. They do however guarantee you a minimum wage that is enough to cover all of your basic needs. You never go hungry and if you want a roof over your head, then one will be provided. Compensation is really up to you after the basics are met. You determine how much work youre going to do for them, how much its worth, and the value you put on it is the amount youll collect.
I must confess that I dont even know the name of the company I work for. Ive heard us called Lightworkers, Hippies, Christians, Buddhists, New Age, Pagans, Mind-Body-Spirit types, psychics, channels, freaks, dreamers, Starseeds, aliens, angels, and the enlightened ones. Ive also heard that we work for God, Spirit, aliens, angels, the Collective Unconsciousness, and Mother Earth. I love my job and this organization. Im so glad they recruited me.
Copyright 2003, Skye Thomas, Tomorrows Edge
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skye@tomorrowsedge.net
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