Work Ethic? What's That?

In our great country of America it used to be that the harder a person worked the more rewards that person received. Whether those rewards were a pay raise at your job, more vacation time, or a promotion, there was some sort of benefit to being a good hard worker. There also used to be a sense of pride in the work people did as well. People took pride in being called “good workers.” Took pride at accomplishing “something.”

Sadly to say, that is no longer the case.

I remember when work ethic was something employers looked for. And I remember when people had it too. It seems to me, however, that this is something that has gone out the window like some sort of passing fad.

Work Ethic!

Of course not!

That’s like having an out of style haircut.

It seems nowadays, and mind you I am only 27 years old, that no one has any work ethic anymore. Another word for it is LAZINESS. Employees are allowed to show up to work late, allowed to call off last minute, or allowed to not even bother showing up to work at all. Or if they do come, they act as if it is some sort of inconvenience to their all important life to be at work doing, God forbid, actual work. The whole time that they are at work, all they do is whine and complain that they are at work, the whole time not doing any actual work. And they are allowed to do this all without any consequence.

If an employee with no work ethic is discovered it is as if the standard has been set from there out and management no longer expects any great output from them. They never showed any great potential when they were hired so why should it be expected of them at this point. Yes I know that in some cases management does occasionally fire lazy employees, however, in most cases, it is as if they don’t want to even bother. It’s as if by doing so they are admitting their mistake at hiring this lazy worker.

I don’t know what it is. Why this sudden lack of work ethics or laziness has taken over the population and is spreading like some incurable disease. Whatever the reason, it’s spreading fast.

Ironically, it is actually the good workers who get punished because management expects more out of them. If an employee shows even a glimmer of work ethic management latches onto that like a starving leech. Your boss might start saying things like,

You are someone I can count on.

or

You never let me down.

But when you do, it’s as if the world has suddenly stopped spinning on its axis. If a good worker slacks off even just a little bit, management is there in a heartbeat to let him know.

However, when an employee with no work ethic slacks off it is looked at as though it is nothing new. As if it is expected. Thus, the employee with high work ethic is forced to carry the load of the employee with no work ethic.

It may look like a strange backwards world that we live in from the outside, but I assure it’s real.

So heed this warning.

Sooner or later your place of employment may become infected by the unethical worker too. If this does happen you have two choices.

1. You can pray that your boss hasn’t noticed that you are a good worker.

Or

2. You can pray that you get that job that you put an application in for last week.