Loving Where You Work

It is no shock to find out that the vast majoritypersonable and allows you your own space to be
of people absolutely loathe the jobs and/orcreative or who simply allows you enough
careers that they have chosen or fallen into. So,breathing room, then this is ideal. The fact that
then what keeps someone at their job for soyour boss allows you "room" demonstrates that
long? In this particular economic climate, the onehe or she trusts you; and this level of trust
mainstay for why so many unhappy employeescreates respect among both sides. Second, the
stay put is the fact that they have a job. Havingwork environment in which you work also factors
a job equals having some sort of financialin. If you have ever seen the movie "Joe Versus
security; and who are they to argue that fact?the Volcano" with Tom Hanks, then you may
Another factor keeping many people in theirremember the opening scene that shows him
current jobs is the incentive that their jobwalking into his workplace. The lights are all
provides them with much needed health benefitsfluorescent and flickering, and it looks like he and
as well. After all, with the continued rising cost oftwo other employees work in a basement in a
health care, would you feel comfortable quittingfactory. There are no windows and to top things
your job only to find out that you no longer haveoff, his boss is constantly on him for something.
health insurance? I didn't think so.Eventually, he quits his job. Sadly, there are some
While these reasons aren't particularly great onespeople who feel exactly like this on a daily basis.
for wanting to stay put, they are realistic. It is aWhile you may not always be able to control your
sad fact that there are so many of people outwork environment, try to make the best of it.
there who are stuck in dead-end jobs underneathToday, many Americans are struggling to strike
the thumb of a supervisor or boss who is aout on their own. Tired of working for someone
micro-manager or who simply berates his or herelse-especially if the management is bad or 'iffy',
employees for the littlest things that they do, justthere has been a dramatic increase in the number
because he or she can. It makes you wonderof employers who are allowing their staff to work
how much a person can be pushed before theyfrom home as well as a significant increase in the
realize that they just don't want to do the worknumber of people who simply choose to work
anymore. This is an interesting concept to ponder.from home. This allows employees and
After all, how much longer can one person sit stillself-starters the freedom to plan their work
at a job before he or she absolutely cannot standschedule around their day. If an employee works
it and will actually quit their position without firstfrom home, usually- as long as they are accessible
having found another one?and can turn the necessary work in on time, their
The key to loving where you work seems to beemployees are more than happy with the
contingent upon a certain set of factors. The firstarrangement. However, in order to successfully
factor is exactly who you are working for. If youwork from home, you have to be extremely
work for a person who treats you fairly, isdisciplined.