Are You Thinking About Staying In Your Job Forever?

Are You Thinking About Staying In Your Job Forever?

"The recipe for success was to go to school. choose an occupation or a company, and work hard in that field for the rest of your life. Looking back on just the past ten years, we can see that this former recipe for success has become a recipe for disaster!"

 Paul Zane Pilzzer

The security of a job makes it difficult for one to just quit your lovely job. How about getting a check directly deposited into your account. The health care and the other benefits. All these are worth taking insults from your boss that you don't care about. I am not asking you to quit your job yet, but I am asking you to consider a side business that you can start  spare time. I plead with you in all sincerity, don't wait to get fired before you start thinking about starting a business. Also, don't wait for  the company to eliminate your job before starting to think about starting your own business.

The job market as we know it has changed - Not too long ago my computer crashed about 1:00 am in the morning. I was desperate to get it fixed and guess what  - I was able to get a company in India that was able to fix my computer remotely. The guy I was talking to informed me that they have over 36 million customers all over the world especially from the US. I was very impressed and they were very efficient. And note  the time difference -  It was about 9:00 am  Indian time. Why am I telling you this? Outsourcing job oversees is  disturbing the job market big time and we have to be aware of it.

Technology is replacing people -Think about all the jobs that is being replaced by robotics to bring efficiency into the market place. Please don't get me wrong we need efficiency in the market place. Just remember that most of the jobs that have been replaced will not come back. Another thing is that most big corporations don't really care about you. All they want to do is milk you. What do you think about a CEO paying himself $20 million dollars a year and you are over there making $12.00 an hour. Can you use $12.00 an hour to raise a family? We are out of the recession, but companies keep laying off people. Why?

Wall Street - What about wall street? It is just a giant legalized casino with a herd mentality. Sure you can make some money, but you really have to be an insider . You can make some money, but there is no science to it. Let us say you have all retirement money locked into the market and it crashes, just before your retirement. Listen, Wall Street does not care about you. Please start your own business and control your destiny.

Temporary Agencies are the leading employers - Most of the jobs being created are low wage service industries or in temporary part-time positions "underscoring that 'new normal' offered by American (and world ) capitalism is a new poverty condition. Temporary employment rose by 30,000. The number of Americans with part-time jobs who want full-time work jumped by 278,000 to 7.9 million. Folks this is going to be the normal, because corporations want to increase their profit and are not willing to pay benefit to full time workers. It is as simple as that!!

Corporate Pay Structure - corporate pay structure are designed to keep you glued to the corporate structure. A leading business executive admitted that "corporate pay scales are delicate structures designed to keep workers, managers and officers of the corporation satisfied, happy, and striving for more, while the corporation remains profitable". According to him the aim of corporate profitability is to keep taking in younger people at the lowest level and moving them up and very gradually increasing their pay. The net result is to make the employee, at some  state of his or her career, a captive of the corporation.

The Law of Diminishing Returns - It is an economic concept, but I will apply it here - The longer you stay on your job, the more the company believes that you are disposable. Psychologically, you are dependent on them because now you are married, have children and you cannot just quit your job!!

Do what you like the best - What is your passion? Convert what you like doing into a business and the money will follow. Learn to create your own business. "The asset column has no glass ceiling."