Comments on “An Employee's Ideal Employer”

An Employee's Ideal Employer

2008-11-07T16:34:29-04:00

Well put Rob (and Sam). I’ll counter John’s remark about these types of jobs being “sadly so hard to find” with how hard are folks actually working or looking? Either you work to make your current work environment more ideal or you look for employers who get it.

An Employee's Ideal Employer

2008-11-07T12:56:34-04:00

@Sammy –

Oops, I misread your comment. I think the point you’re actually making (rather than the point I heard) falls into Trust. The truth is, I don’t want 5 hours of work for a month. That’s just boring.

I should also state that none of this is meant to imply or encourage a lack of dialog. Dialog should be omnipresent in these (and all) things. What I’m espousing is keeping the dialog productive rather than, as you say, nitpicking. If and/or when I give you reason to think that I’m taking a month to do 5 hours of work, then your nitpicking is justified and I’ll understand.

Employers have to have recourse to deal with abuse, of course. All I’m asking is that I not be treated like the lowest common denominator out of the box. Assume I’m trustworthy (and just plain worthy, for that matter) and work down from there if I give you any reason to do so.

An Employee's Ideal Employer

2008-11-07T12:51:48-04:00

@Sammy –

Yeah, that’s what I intended to cover with “As long as I’m getting it done satisfactorily”. I originally had a line in there specifically mentioning the need for the appropriate tools and resources (of which time is clearly one), but scrubbed it because I thought the same thing was being covered in Trust.

An Employee's Ideal Employer

2008-11-07T08:55:33-04:00

“You tell me what you need done, I’ll get it done. Deal? As long as I’m getting it done satisfactorily”

I really like that one, but it occurred to me that employers may have a problem knowing how much you can do. So if they only give you 5 hours of work and tell you it should be done in a month…

Not sure what I’m getting at exactly, except that while I certainly agree that lacking nitpickiness is a good feature of a job, there should be some way to let them know they could give us more work to do.

Now, guys like you and I, we have something called pride, or ethics, or morals, or professionalism to let them know. But not everyone has that, so how can we be trusted?

Nothing like a sun just came up ramble to start the day.

It’s Friday – Cheers!

An Employee's Ideal Employer

2008-11-07T08:52:32-04:00

Thanks, John. Very few jobs are perfect, but if I can get most of these things in a gig, I’ll be pretty happy. This is my blue sky world.

An Employee's Ideal Employer

2008-11-06T23:55:54-04:00

This is right-on Rob, and sadly so hard to find