![]() ![]() While I’ve never understood how someone could love working for someone else, making other people rich, and having to ask permission to do things. I’ve met a few people over the years who love their job and would never consider doing something different. And wondering why they choose to forgo their passions for a paycheck.īut over time, I have noticed there are three stages of employee job satisfaction: Loving a Job So I am always curious about what decisions have led them to their current mindset. But rather, I approach the conversation as a person generally interested by the underlying decisions of their lifestyle choice.Īt this point in my life, I generally don’t get why people choose to be employees. Because I don’t approach them from the perspective of another employee learning about what they do professionally. Lately, when I talk with people who are employed for others, the conversation is much different than they are accustomed to thinking about. ![]() What have I done? Why would I give up that security? Exploring the Employee Mindset I liked the view of the Chicago River from the skyscraper. ![]() I liked playing Wii Tennis on the conference room projector. After all, it is what everyone else is doing!īut the money and freedom I earned from my business during my younger years told me that I mustn’t make this a long-term career path.Īnd so, eighteen months after graduating college with $70,000 in student loan debt, here I was: Everyone told me a salaried job with good benefits and a 401k at a corporation is the next logical step in post-college life. The jobs were just part-time gigs.īy the time I graduated college though, I had accepted the plight of a full-time corporate job. And I bartended at an upper-class supper club, tuxedo and all… Ask me to make you an Old Fashioned… Best. I talked computers for 8 hours a day at Best Buy. I emulated the shenanigans of Caddyshack at a golf course. So on occasion, I had also worked part-time jobs while going through school. ![]() School, friends, sports, and the 5,000 other things that students have going on made it extremely difficult to keep my web design business running full time. Having started my first business at the age of 12, I’ve always aspired to become a successful entrepreneur.īut while attending high school and college, the business could never find my full attention. Packed in the car like sardines in a can – and smelling as such – we continue on.įinally, I take a moment to think back on how I got here: The Evolution of Becoming an Employee Standing on the platform, I watch them anxiously stare down the tracks for the next train to arrive, as if their focus on the empty third-rail will make the train come quicker.Ī few minutes later, the “L” arrives, and the commuters pile into the train-car.Īnd with no seats available, I struggle to hold onto a handle. There are no signs of any trains coming, so no one is missing anything. I don’t mind if it takes 5 seconds longer to find my card. And rightfully so, had it been the day before, I would have been in a rush too. I’m at the Quincy station of Chicago’s iconic “L” subway system, surrounded by hundreds of people in suits and business casual garb.īy the time I find the card, swipe it, and go through the turn-style, the line has diverted to the other gates. The line of commuters behind me clearly display their displeasure as I’ve taken a few extra seconds to search for the card in my bag. My hands are shaking as I struggle to find my mass transit card amongst a bag of papers and desk momentos. And I just quit my great job at a Fortune 500 company. ![]()
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