Why I Cannot Work For You

Last year I posted on a previous journal explaining the reason why “you could not work for me“. It might be cached somewhere, but I hope not. This is the follow up message:

Why I could not work for some businesses.

1. Because I am not a yes-man.
2. Because I have initiative, and I am not afraid to use it.
3. Because I ask too many questions.
4. Because I can think for myself.
5. Because I don’t believe in short-term solutions.
6. Because I try to fix the cause, not find a work-around.
7. Because your two weeks is my two hours.
8. Because I like to get paid for the work I put in, not just the hours in the office.
9. Because I work on lots of little things to make the big things better.
10. Quite frankly, you don’t speak my language.

If you agree that I could not work for you because of these reasons, your business is in dire need of a complete overhaul.

Staff that cannot be allowed to use initiative, fix problems, work hard (even if the rewards are minimal) will leave eventually. If not sooner.

Oh, and get new management.

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“The increase in staff-mediocrity is born when management talk ABOUT staff, not TO them.”
Me. 10-11-2006.