MOVE UP OR MOVE ON!

If you're thinking the job you applied for is all that you're expected to focus on in your career life, think you may have to reassess your mind-set.

If you think you can just do "One thing" and do it well to have a good career-run, read this:

1. Assume you are THE BOSS and you employ an office boy at $1000 per month.
2. Assume your office boy works very hard and is totally reliable.
3. You decide to reward him with a 10% raise (considering his salary-base is so small).

• You increase $100 on year 1
• You increase $110 on year 2
• You increase $120 on year 3
• You increase $130 on year 4
• You increase $140 on year 5
• You increase $160 on year 6
• You increase $170 on year 7
• You increase $180 on year 8
• You increase $190 on year 9
• You increase $200 on YEAR 10

After the 10th year, you'd be paying him $2650 while the market rate for an office boy is $1900.

1. You try to think about what else this staff can do to justify the salary he receives.
2. You assign him document filing duties (on top of the office boy duties).
3. He's reading and writing is ONLY "Office Boy Standard" - he often makes mistakes.
4. You use these document filing mistakes as an excuse to tell him he's f**ked up way too many times.
5. You sack him on the grounds of "Inability to perform and grow within the company".

YOU EMPLOY A NEW OFFICE BOY FOR $1900 - MARKET RATE!
Hard reality, but I've been asked to fire staff based on the above....


HERE ARE SOME OTHER POSTS I WROTE PRIOR TO LEAVING THE "NORMAL LIFE":

• WHERE ARE YOU NOW?
• LEAVING THE CORPORATE WORLD
• HOW MUCH TO SELL?
• HOW WE CORNER OURSELVES INTO SERVING MASTERS
• SOME BOSSES
• LIVE FOR TODAY, TOMORROW MAY NOT COME...