I worked for a mid-sized corporation for three years, the first and only time in my life, having been self-employed for years. It was great for a while but then the work began to dry up in my team, mainly through managerial bungling. I was sitting around twiddling my thumbs and slowly going mad with boredom. I watched co-workers play com…
I worked for a mid-sized corporation for three years, the first and only time in my life, having been self-employed for years. It was great for a while but then the work began to dry up in my team, mainly through managerial bungling. I was sitting around twiddling my thumbs and slowly going mad with boredom. I watched co-workers play computer games, watch sports or scroll through mainstream media sites as they wiled away their day, all for the sake of collecting that pay packet. Eventually I went to the CFO and asked for a redundancy, but she told me they didn’t do voluntary redundancies and she was sure they could find things for me to do. They moved me to a different team and I was happily engaged in work again. A few months later there was a ‘restructure’ and, as I’d put myself on the radar, I was made redundant. The manager of the team I had been moved into was so sad to lose me, she pulled a few strings and brought me back as a contractor from July 1st 2019. That, and the redundancy package, facilitated us moving out of the city to now living on 3.5 acres in the bush. And I’m still contracting to the same company, amongst a few others, nearly five years later. So that is where a strong work ethic got me. As you say Ruth, hard work builds character, and it also opens doors that laziness will never encounter. Now, off to collect the eggs from my delightful flock of free ranging, hard working chooks!
I worked for a mid-sized corporation for three years, the first and only time in my life, having been self-employed for years. It was great for a while but then the work began to dry up in my team, mainly through managerial bungling. I was sitting around twiddling my thumbs and slowly going mad with boredom. I watched co-workers play computer games, watch sports or scroll through mainstream media sites as they wiled away their day, all for the sake of collecting that pay packet. Eventually I went to the CFO and asked for a redundancy, but she told me they didn’t do voluntary redundancies and she was sure they could find things for me to do. They moved me to a different team and I was happily engaged in work again. A few months later there was a ‘restructure’ and, as I’d put myself on the radar, I was made redundant. The manager of the team I had been moved into was so sad to lose me, she pulled a few strings and brought me back as a contractor from July 1st 2019. That, and the redundancy package, facilitated us moving out of the city to now living on 3.5 acres in the bush. And I’m still contracting to the same company, amongst a few others, nearly five years later. So that is where a strong work ethic got me. As you say Ruth, hard work builds character, and it also opens doors that laziness will never encounter. Now, off to collect the eggs from my delightful flock of free ranging, hard working chooks!
Awesome and truly awarded 👍🏼