Ever since I was young, I have been seeing the way some organization treat their staff, and this makes me wonder if they truly care about these employees. I decided to conduct research on why organizations give their staff incentives and recognition. From my research, I discovered that organizations give their staff incentives mainly to encourage them to work harder so that the organization's output can improve. All they care about is their growth and their survival. Every organization protects its own interests even at the expense of employees. I wouldn't want to use this word, but employers are quite greedy in their quest.
The major reasons why they employ staff are that they want to improve their outputs and efficiency. Assuming the jobs can be done by them alone and they can increase efficiency just by doing all the tasks alone, trust me, they would. Most times, they will tell you that you are family. Some other times, they will tell you that you are their greatest assets. It is all lies. An organization is not created to respect anyone or care about anyone. This is one of the reasons why, even when the founder of the organization dies, the organization continues.
An organization is not built to have conscience, loyalty,y and memory. No matter how valuable you are in an organization, you are replaceable. Even the founder is replaceable;e, how much more so you, the employees. You are insignificant. The earlier you know this, the better. The major reason why you are still celebrated as the best staff or appreciated is because of the output you are providing. The moment that stops, everything you have done in the past will be automatically forgotten. I am revealing deep secrets that employers of laborers will never tell you. In fact, they don't want you to know.
The major reasons why they employ staff are that they want to improve their outputs and efficiency. Assuming the jobs can be done by them alone and they can increase efficiency just by doing all the tasks alone, trust me, they would. Most times, they will tell you that you are family. Some other times, they will tell you that you are their greatest assets. It is all lies. An organization is not created to respect anyone or care about anyone. This is one of the reasons why, even when the founder of the organization dies, the organization continues.
An organization is not built to have conscience, loyalty,y and memory. No matter how valuable you are in an organization, you are replaceable. Even the founder is replaceable;e, how much more so you, the employees. You are insignificant. The earlier you know this, the better. The major reason why you are still celebrated as the best staff or appreciated is because of the output you are providing. The moment that stops, everything you have done in the past will be automatically forgotten. I am revealing deep secrets that employers of laborers will never tell you. In fact, they don't want you to know.
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Most organizations are not loyal to their employees. No matter how loyal you are, they will never reciprocate it. What they do most of the time is to exploit your loyalty in order to get results. They are only after your results. Let me share a short story with you. A woman gave birth, and the doctor told her to rest for a minimum of 6 months before she continued her job. She informed the organization about this; they agreed with her.
They paid her first and second month's salary, but by the third month, they told her theycouldn'tt continue paying her salary because she was not working for it. They told her that after six months, she could come back if she still wished, but at the moment they would terminate her appointment. Trust me, they eventually terminated her appointment. Let's look at another scenario: Have you ever wondered that if you had a bad time or season in your life, maybe you lost someone?. All they will do is give you a few days' leave or a week's leave. After this, you are expected to resume.
Or perhaps, if you are seriously sick, they might give you a few days' leave to treat yourself,f but if it is getting long, they might terminate your appointment. On the other hand, if the organization is having a bad time or season, they will do anything to get out of it. They might terminate an employee's appointment without reason and without informing them. However, as employees, you can't do anything without their permission. You dare not stay out of the office without informing them; the result will be catastrophic. But they can terminate an employee's appointment without informing them, even when the employee is loyal to them,m when the need arises.
Another piece of evidence that your organization doesn't care about you is that they see you as an item and not a person. Oftentimes, your organization categorizes you as "headcount", "labor cost", or "attrition rate". Most times, they won't mention your name unless you are causing them trouble. It is when you are giving them trouble that they will be mentioning your name at almost every turn. This is because you are living outside the principles they have put in place.
The Hr might care about you. The top managers might care about you, but the organization itself does not care about you. Even when you did something wrong, and the organization says you should be punished, they will surely punish you even when it is against their will. This is because the system that is binding you is also the one binding them. They don't have any reason to disobey the system. They won't want to lose their jobs too.
Some years ago, I had a friend who worked hard for a school. In fact, the management of the school knew about this, and they gave him an award at their end-of-session party. He felt motivated that he was recognized, but what he didn't know was that it was a strategy on the part of the management to make him increase his output. Every penny an organization spends is meant to gather more. Employers of labour will never spend a dime on anything that will not bring results.
Hence, the reward system of any organization is meant to keep you looking out for more. They won't want to pay you to the extent that you will be self-sufficient. They know once you are self-sufficient, you are quite dangerous to them. Most times, employers want to keep you in bondage forever, especially when you are yielding results for them. However, they know they can't keep you forever. As a result of that, they will do anything to keep you.
A neighbor of mine back then got an appointment at a bigger organization with increased pay. However, he didn't know whether to quit his previous job for the new opportunity. One day, I asked him why he was delaying the new opportunity. He said it was because the management of his previous job always treated him nicely, and recently, they gave him the most dedicated staff award recently.
He said all these factors make it difficult for him to leave. He said he doesn't know how to submit the letter of resignation. I laughed when he was telling me this. I told him I was once in his shoes. Back then, I never knew that organizations don't care about him. I explained some of the things that have been written in this article, which confirms that organizationsdon'tt care about him, to him.
While I was explaining why organizations don't care about their staff to him, he was just nodding along with me. After I finished speaking, he thanked me from the bottom of his heart. He said I was like a Messiah sent to him. He said everything I spoke to him gave him courage. The next day, he sent a letter of resignation. They asked him why he was leaving, and he told them he was leaving because of career advancement. They tried to tell him to stay.
They even promised to increase his pay. All these are strategies. My neighbor knew all these were strategies just to keep him in the loop. Thanks to me. After quitting, the rest is history. Hence, it is important you know that the organization you work for doesn't really care about you. They only care about their own interests, and that is why in every organization, their own interests are always above the organization's interests.
Most workers in third-world countries don't know their rights. Only a few workers know their rights even as employees. Most employees in third-world countries don't know that they have the right to sue their employers or the organization they work for when there is a breach of contract. Most times, even the few ones who know about their right won't do anything even when there is a breach of contract. This is the reason why employers in many countries treat their staff any way. You see them terminating employees' contracts even at the slightest provocation. The major reason why they are doing this is that there is no one to hold them accountable, and this is because employees don't know their rights.
Do you know that as an employee, you have the right to sue your organization if there is a breach of contract?. Trust me, you will surely win if you know your rights. I gave some organization who promised their employees N150,000 as salary doing intervie,w and after employment, they will be paying the employee N120,000. If not for privacy purposes, I would have loved to mention these organizations, but I don't want to tarnish their image. The most shocking thing is that these employees won't complain, and that is because they knew how hard it was before they got the job. And as a result of that, they won't like to agitate for a reduction in salary, which is also a breach of poverty.
These things happen a lot in third-world countries, and poverty is one of the major causes promoting this evil ideology. Poverty has eaten so deep into third-world countries to the extent that it is affecting both Employers and employees. Employers feel that the amount they are paying the employees is too much for the work done by the employees w, while on the other hand, employees feel the amount they are being paid is a lifesaver even when it is not much compared to the amount of work they are putting in.
These factors have led to the manipulation between employers and employees. However, we have trade unions who supports workers. They are the human rights employees. According to the Nigerian constitution, no employer should pay their employees below N70,000, but as we have it now, we have some employees who are being paid below N50,000 in Nigeria. In fact, it is very rampant. Employees who notice this can sue their organizations instead of suffering in silence. But no, they won't because of a poverty mindset. They feel that if they sue and their job is terminated, it might be difficult to get another job. This is a poverty mindset. In advanced countries like the United States, Russia, China, and the like. These things don't happen, and if by any chance it happens, it will be minimal because there are human rights or trade unions who protects the interests of the employees.
3 Reasons Why Your Employees Don't Care About You
1. Your Loyalty is not reciprocated:
They paid her first and second month's salary, but by the third month, they told her theycouldn'tt continue paying her salary because she was not working for it. They told her that after six months, she could come back if she still wished, but at the moment they would terminate her appointment. Trust me, they eventually terminated her appointment. Let's look at another scenario: Have you ever wondered that if you had a bad time or season in your life, maybe you lost someone?. All they will do is give you a few days' leave or a week's leave. After this, you are expected to resume.
Or perhaps, if you are seriously sick, they might give you a few days' leave to treat yourself,f but if it is getting long, they might terminate your appointment. On the other hand, if the organization is having a bad time or season, they will do anything to get out of it. They might terminate an employee's appointment without reason and without informing them. However, as employees, you can't do anything without their permission. You dare not stay out of the office without informing them; the result will be catastrophic. But they can terminate an employee's appointment without informing them, even when the employee is loyal to them,m when the need arises.
2. You are a structure, not a Person to them:
Another piece of evidence that your organization doesn't care about you is that they see you as an item and not a person. Oftentimes, your organization categorizes you as "headcount", "labor cost", or "attrition rate". Most times, they won't mention your name unless you are causing them trouble. It is when you are giving them trouble that they will be mentioning your name at almost every turn. This is because you are living outside the principles they have put in place.
The Hr might care about you. The top managers might care about you, but the organization itself does not care about you. Even when you did something wrong, and the organization says you should be punished, they will surely punish you even when it is against their will. This is because the system that is binding you is also the one binding them. They don't have any reason to disobey the system. They won't want to lose their jobs too.
3. The Reward System is meant to keep you hopeful enough:
Some years ago, I had a friend who worked hard for a school. In fact, the management of the school knew about this, and they gave him an award at their end-of-session party. He felt motivated that he was recognized, but what he didn't know was that it was a strategy on the part of the management to make him increase his output. Every penny an organization spends is meant to gather more. Employers of labour will never spend a dime on anything that will not bring results.
Hence, the reward system of any organization is meant to keep you looking out for more. They won't want to pay you to the extent that you will be self-sufficient. They know once you are self-sufficient, you are quite dangerous to them. Most times, employers want to keep you in bondage forever, especially when you are yielding results for them. However, they know they can't keep you forever. As a result of that, they will do anything to keep you.
Short Story About Someone Who Didn't Know That the Organization Doesn't Care About You
A neighbor of mine back then got an appointment at a bigger organization with increased pay. However, he didn't know whether to quit his previous job for the new opportunity. One day, I asked him why he was delaying the new opportunity. He said it was because the management of his previous job always treated him nicely, and recently, they gave him the most dedicated staff award recently.
He said all these factors make it difficult for him to leave. He said he doesn't know how to submit the letter of resignation. I laughed when he was telling me this. I told him I was once in his shoes. Back then, I never knew that organizations don't care about him. I explained some of the things that have been written in this article, which confirms that organizationsdon'tt care about him, to him.
While I was explaining why organizations don't care about their staff to him, he was just nodding along with me. After I finished speaking, he thanked me from the bottom of his heart. He said I was like a Messiah sent to him. He said everything I spoke to him gave him courage. The next day, he sent a letter of resignation. They asked him why he was leaving, and he told them he was leaving because of career advancement. They tried to tell him to stay.
They even promised to increase his pay. All these are strategies. My neighbor knew all these were strategies just to keep him in the loop. Thanks to me. After quitting, the rest is history. Hence, it is important you know that the organization you work for doesn't really care about you. They only care about their own interests, and that is why in every organization, their own interests are always above the organization's interests.
Facts You Need To Know
Do you know that as an employee, you have the right to sue your organization if there is a breach of contract?. Trust me, you will surely win if you know your rights. I gave some organization who promised their employees N150,000 as salary doing intervie,w and after employment, they will be paying the employee N120,000. If not for privacy purposes, I would have loved to mention these organizations, but I don't want to tarnish their image. The most shocking thing is that these employees won't complain, and that is because they knew how hard it was before they got the job. And as a result of that, they won't like to agitate for a reduction in salary, which is also a breach of poverty.
These things happen a lot in third-world countries, and poverty is one of the major causes promoting this evil ideology. Poverty has eaten so deep into third-world countries to the extent that it is affecting both Employers and employees. Employers feel that the amount they are paying the employees is too much for the work done by the employees w, while on the other hand, employees feel the amount they are being paid is a lifesaver even when it is not much compared to the amount of work they are putting in.
These factors have led to the manipulation between employers and employees. However, we have trade unions who supports workers. They are the human rights employees. According to the Nigerian constitution, no employer should pay their employees below N70,000, but as we have it now, we have some employees who are being paid below N50,000 in Nigeria. In fact, it is very rampant. Employees who notice this can sue their organizations instead of suffering in silence. But no, they won't because of a poverty mindset. They feel that if they sue and their job is terminated, it might be difficult to get another job. This is a poverty mindset. In advanced countries like the United States, Russia, China, and the like. These things don't happen, and if by any chance it happens, it will be minimal because there are human rights or trade unions who protects the interests of the employees.