【Workplace Inscription】

Many years ago, Mr. Snail had a competent subordinate who was also my assistant. This employee who graduated from university can be said to have both ability and political integrity, and he worked very hard. He is a cadre that I am very optimistic about and focus on training.

Later, he began to complain, and only after communicating with him did he understand: he felt that the company's management was not standardized enough, and he could not realize his personal ambitions, so he chose to leave. However, in the next few years, after experiencing several companies, I found that not only did their work thinking not improve, but also showed a relatively large regression, and no longer had the work potential of having both political integrity and talent, and complaining about the workplace became a habit. !

Some time ago, after communicating with the other party, I found out that he has such a mentality: my efforts should be rewarded, if there is no reward, I will give up my hard work and choose another job. The result is yet another loop.

Is there no real fairness in the workplace? Or is there something else strange?

Based on so many years of work experience and my own feeling of leading a team, I think that in most cases in the workplace, there is a posture, and it is not that you will be promoted after you have achieved results. On the contrary, the logic of the workplace is not necessarily that there will be a reward for hard work, at least not in a timely manner, or in an equal proportion. But another logic must be: a good job will not necessarily raise your salary, and if you don’t do a good job, you will definitely get a pay cut.

[1] The logic of job division: most jobs can be replaced

There are probably more than 1,000 jobs in a business combined, and the reason why these jobs are so large is because of job breakdown.

Breakdown of work means being simplified and standardized, and everyone is more and more like a screw. This means that the value of most positions is not that great and can be inherited and replaced. The increasing number of talents in the market and the continuous improvement of their abilities will make each position more competitive. At this time, the value will drop, and the corresponding salary will drop.

[2] The logic of work development: careers are like sailing against the current, if you don’t advance, you will retreat

The so-called workplace is like a battlefield, which means that it is always in competition, so the logic of the workplace is that if you don't advance, you will retreat.

Talents are constantly pouring in, and the abilities of excellent people are constantly improving. At this time, for those who are not advancing steadily, it is a kind of regression. People also have commodity attributes. If a commodity cannot gradually improve its quality and reduce its price, it will be gradually eliminated by the market, so it is also true of people. eliminated by the enterprise.

[3] The logic of fair return: pay and return are never proportional

Based on my workplace experience over the years, I have also seen a lot of winners and losers. There is a need for a deeper understanding of the successful adage that hard work always pays off.

Snail Jun does not deny the importance of hard work, but must be soberly aware that the cycle of giving and rewarding is divided into three stages. In the early stage, it belongs to a great effort and a reward; in the middle stage, it belongs to a five-point effort and a five-point return; But most people can't make it to the middle, let alone the end, and basically die in the night before dawn.