What I’m about to reveal is a most unpopular and unpleasant notion. It is an opinion unwelcome by the masses.
Here goes: Most people believe the company they work for owes them job security. Wrong. Erroneous.
People believe job security is an inalienable right they, as an employee, possess. They believe: if I just show up for work every day, I should have a job for life. Flawed thinking. Pure fiction
Let’s set the record straight. Here are 3 truths about job security.
1 – IT DOES NOT EXIST. It’s a myth. There is no such thing as job security.
In a free market system, one that responds to the ebb and flow of market fluctuations, there are good times when companies prosper, demand for their product or service is high, and they will likely maintain or add staff to satisfy the demand.
There are other times when companies have extended down cycles, demand is low, revenues diminish, and they must reduce expenses. Sometimes this means cutting jobs. It’s horribly painful for all -- even for the leaders and managers who make those difficult decisions -- but it’s reality.
Jobs simply are not guaranteed. It’s the law of the jungle. You can argue this till you’re blue in the face, but you might as well argue with gravity. Or the sun coming up every morning. You’ll be wrong there too. Those are universal scientific constants. They are irrevocable. And just like them, the ups and downs of a free market -- which eradicates job security -- is an unalterable law of the marketplace.
2 - The purpose of a business is NOT to create jobs - though some like to think it is. Employers don’t owe people jobs, and certainly don’t owe employees job security.
The purpose of a business is to PROVIDE A PRODUCT OR SERVICE of significant value that people or businesses will pay money to have it -- and sometimes this creates the need to hire employees to create and deliver the product or service. But it’s neither ‘given’ nor requirement that employees will be needed.
3 - Everyone, must get used to living in a marketplace of job IN-SECURITY. Your job today offers you no guarantee of employment tomorrow. Customers can leave anytime they want -- for nothing a company did wrong -- taking their money with them, reducing revenue, and maybe, just maybe, eliminating your job.
It’s cold. It’s harsh. It’s uncertain. And it’s life. Deal with it.
So, what exactly CAN you do about all this?
ACTIONS FOR YOU
As the wall sign in the self-help seminar said: ”Your career is your own responsibility. Your employer is not your mother.” Here are 3 plans of attack.
1 - The closest thing to job security is something you give yourself. It’s being constantly engaged in self-learning skill-building activities on your own time at your own expense -- never letting up.
Start your own business and generating your own income – YOU HAVE THE CHANCE WITH YOUR AMWAY BUSINESS. See yourself as the CEO of your own business -- 100% in charge of and responsible for your own future!
2 - Have the guts to tell your team members this unpleasant truth about the non-existence of company-provided job security. Don’t ignore it or assume they already know.
3 - Teach your kids - that job security from an employer is pure fiction. That they create their own security by the sweat of their own brow, their own initiative, their own grit. Not from handouts, not by income redistribution, not by mooching off others. Set them up to be self-reliant, personally-responsible winners.
This is no surprise to high achievers. They already know it, they plan for it, and take action on it daily. But they are in a minority. The vast majority reject it, preferring their success to be assured and guaranteed by someone else, through little effort of their own.
Which group are you in?
Here goes: Most people believe the company they work for owes them job security. Wrong. Erroneous.
People believe job security is an inalienable right they, as an employee, possess. They believe: if I just show up for work every day, I should have a job for life. Flawed thinking. Pure fiction
Let’s set the record straight. Here are 3 truths about job security.
1 – IT DOES NOT EXIST. It’s a myth. There is no such thing as job security.
In a free market system, one that responds to the ebb and flow of market fluctuations, there are good times when companies prosper, demand for their product or service is high, and they will likely maintain or add staff to satisfy the demand.
There are other times when companies have extended down cycles, demand is low, revenues diminish, and they must reduce expenses. Sometimes this means cutting jobs. It’s horribly painful for all -- even for the leaders and managers who make those difficult decisions -- but it’s reality.
Jobs simply are not guaranteed. It’s the law of the jungle. You can argue this till you’re blue in the face, but you might as well argue with gravity. Or the sun coming up every morning. You’ll be wrong there too. Those are universal scientific constants. They are irrevocable. And just like them, the ups and downs of a free market -- which eradicates job security -- is an unalterable law of the marketplace.
2 - The purpose of a business is NOT to create jobs - though some like to think it is. Employers don’t owe people jobs, and certainly don’t owe employees job security.
The purpose of a business is to PROVIDE A PRODUCT OR SERVICE of significant value that people or businesses will pay money to have it -- and sometimes this creates the need to hire employees to create and deliver the product or service. But it’s neither ‘given’ nor requirement that employees will be needed.
3 - Everyone, must get used to living in a marketplace of job IN-SECURITY. Your job today offers you no guarantee of employment tomorrow. Customers can leave anytime they want -- for nothing a company did wrong -- taking their money with them, reducing revenue, and maybe, just maybe, eliminating your job.
It’s cold. It’s harsh. It’s uncertain. And it’s life. Deal with it.
So, what exactly CAN you do about all this?
ACTIONS FOR YOU
As the wall sign in the self-help seminar said: ”Your career is your own responsibility. Your employer is not your mother.” Here are 3 plans of attack.
1 - The closest thing to job security is something you give yourself. It’s being constantly engaged in self-learning skill-building activities on your own time at your own expense -- never letting up.
Start your own business and generating your own income – YOU HAVE THE CHANCE WITH YOUR AMWAY BUSINESS. See yourself as the CEO of your own business -- 100% in charge of and responsible for your own future!
2 - Have the guts to tell your team members this unpleasant truth about the non-existence of company-provided job security. Don’t ignore it or assume they already know.
3 - Teach your kids - that job security from an employer is pure fiction. That they create their own security by the sweat of their own brow, their own initiative, their own grit. Not from handouts, not by income redistribution, not by mooching off others. Set them up to be self-reliant, personally-responsible winners.
This is no surprise to high achievers. They already know it, they plan for it, and take action on it daily. But they are in a minority. The vast majority reject it, preferring their success to be assured and guaranteed by someone else, through little effort of their own.
Which group are you in?
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