My long-considered view of “job security” is this:
The purpose of an organization (business or nonprofit) is to do
something of value to someone and to persist in doing that. I like the CEO
whose notion of “corporate mission” was “We aim to stay in business forever.”
I think a company’s mission should be to successfully (profitably or
within non-profit budget) produce something of value, provide it to the
customer/patron/beneficiary and do the same thing tomorrow and tomorrow…..thus,
for both owners and workers, a meaningful job is going to be there tomorrow,
too.
Every member of the organization should know that his/her job is to
make the organization successful, first and foremost.
During my career, I always hated it when someone said “That’s not my
job.” The scope of every worker’s responsibilities should be simple and quite
broad, including stuff that coworkers do.
Everyone should understand that the universal task is to make the organization successful in the long run and provide job security for all who want it.
The righteous goal of an organization isn’t to “get bigger” or “make
more profit in the next quarter.”
That’s an unattainable goal, de facto, for
all organizations in their collective operations. Moreover, it’s in violation
of all the right stuff.
p.s. I frankly admit that the foregoing is my fantasy world. Reality
really sucks.
Thanks to my trusted personal advisor for helping me to clarify my
views.
Copyright © Richard Carl Subber 2015 All rights reserved.
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