What Is a Good Work Ethic?

Understanding the Employer’s Position Is a Good Work Ethic

Understanding the employer’s position, especially in small companies, is critical to the businesses’ growth and expansion. Often we as employees view small companies we work for as stepping stones for our career expansion. Therefore it is only a job we acquire temporarily to gain the skills and knowledge we want in hoping to find a better job/career opportunity in the future. It is a place where we work “for the time being” that conforms to our family and/or school schedules and where we can earn a comfortable income to meet our financial demands but certainly is not a place for us to contribute long-term.

To many of our employers, whatever businesses they are in, they are in it for the long haul and they view it as a career they would like to take onto the next level. It may be an expansion from the existing location or to expand to different locations in many cities and states. Unfortunately, most of us as employees only see the opportunity as Here and Now and get caught up in what we can be earning or learning at the present time and overlook the future opportunities that our current companies can offer us. We must understand that the small companies we work for right now are actually counting on each one of us to do a good job in the position we are in and, together, to help the companies grow and become the forerunners in the industry. How successful a company becomes in the future is all based on the individual contribution each one of us is willing to dedicate Right Now.

Employees need to try to place themselves in the employers’ position at times in order to understand that being an employer of a small company is a very difficult job. Most of the time, he/she has to wear many hats. Owners usually have a hard time finding their right hand men or personal assistants to carry out some of the managerial tasks since loyalty and integrity are hard to come by when looking for qualified employees.Within the first two years of a business’s existence, every potential problem just mentioned is even more pronounced. This is because new companies need time to grow and the budgets are usually tighter than for companies who have been established for many years. Because of this, many newly established companies cannot afford to provide health care insurance, higher pay rates or paid vacation and sick times to employees when compared to large corporations and other well-established small businesses.

However, small businesses can definitely offer employees many benefits that other large companies cannot. Small businesses usually can allow more personal inputs from employees in making business decisions and allow employees’ creative ideas to be heard and implemented in the company right a way. Closer relationships usually result in the above atmosphere where employer and employee have a better understanding of each other’s positions with more communication opportunities.

In small companies, individuals who want to develop their talents, implement their innovative ideas, be promoted into management within a short period of time, and learn new knowledge and skills with personal attention, will find more opportunities to shine.(5:11)

Excerpt from: True Leaders Part III, Professional and Social Guide

Copy Right 2007, ISBN: 1-4208-6971-X(sc), Library of Congress Control Number: 2005906194 No part of the book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

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