A Little Known Fact About Jobs

The loss of a job is unfortunate. Suddenly finding yourself without income despite the fact that you have obligations is one of the most stressful challenges you might face. It’s a situation that can make you angry and give you ulcers.

However, there is a little known fact about jobs. Being aware of this fact will unwind certain misconceptions that make the shock and anger from job loss long-term. This is not something that government officials can say, because then people will get angry and those officials will lose their jobs.

This bitter little fact is— companies are not in business to create jobs. Companies do not set out saying, hey, let’s start a business so we can put people to work. A job results from a company’s need to have certain tasks performed. If the company has reduced needs or finds a more efficient process, then it is only logical that jobs disappear.

Some people have devoted their lives to a single job, especially people who do not readily recognize the gamut of their choices. Being a freelancer or otherwise going into business for one’s self is viewed as too risky for most people. They like the assurance of being a part of something that seems stable and guaranteed.

What most people fail to realize is that a job is also a huge risk, especially when you build your life around it. When you are an employee, your future rests in other people’s hands. You will never be fully aware of the attitudes, motives or difficulties of those people. But one thing you can bet your biggest bill on is that the company’s first priority is to make money. This is why people go into business. This is also the way it has to be.

An employee is a tool to get something done. People mustn’t get lost in feelings that glamorize their roles and importance. Employees are always being used. When an employee is not effective or when retaining that employee becomes too costly, it only makes sense for the business to get rid of that employee.

Even though most people do not explain it to themselves exactly this way, subconsciously most of us know this. That is why it is more popular nowadays to hop from job to job seeking the best opportunities. Dedicating your life to one job, staking whether you will eat and whether you will have a place to live on one job, is effectively saying, these people are going to need me for the next 30 or 40 years. That is a colossal risk.

In order for every employee to get a steady paycheck, money must be a company’s primary focus. When issuing paychecks substantially reduces the company’s benefit or results in losses, and the company continues in this manner, you no longer have a business, you have a social program.

Companies that operate on the social premise of caring for people before caring for profits must be subsidized or they will fail. If they fail, those people who should have been laid off earlier will lose their jobs anyway.

An economy cannot survive on social programs or massive, widespread financial failures. In business, the bottom line cannot be measured by any value except money.

If you remember that a job is not created for the welfare of a person, it will be easier to lose your job without taking it personally.