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JOBS A person is hired to work for a company because they need his or her services to help them make a profit from their goods or services. To some degree, they pay the employee according to the value provided to the company. Supply and demand also come into play in wages or salary. If you make yourself more valuable, you may reap rewards. Questions you may have include: ·
What are examples of valuable employees? ·
How is value determined in a job? ·
How can you make yourself more valuable? Valuable
employees
All employees should contribute to a company's profits. Some are considered more valuable that others, usually in relation to the amount of profits they produce. Top
executives
Top executives of companies, such as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and President, are considered very valuable to their companies, because they make solid business decisions that bring in profits and dividends to the stockholders. In return for their value, some top executives receive million dollar bonuses on top of their large salaries. In many situations such a bonus may be appropriate, but there have been cases where stockholders have complained about them--especially when the company is losing money--only to have the Board of Directors overrule them. This is like the workers overruling the owners. Top
salesman valuable
A salesman who brings in a multi-million dollar contract is certainly considered valuable to the company. Companies often pay high commissions to such an employee, in order to keep the person in the company. Not appreciated
Ross Perot was such a good salesman for IBM that his commissions put his wages above the top executives. Although he was extremely valuable to the company--and also very difficult to replace--the executives put a cap on his earnings. Perot then left the company and started Electronic Data Services (EDS) and became a multi-millionaire. He later unsuccessfully ran for President of the U.S. Valuable
workers
Workers with specialized skills are usually considered valuable to the company and paid accordingly. The average worker is paid according to the skill-level of the job and the supply of workers. When unemployment is high, wages tend to drop. Determining
value
Often is is very difficult for a company to determine the value of an employee. Usually, that is determined by supply and demand. They may need a certain type of worker and have to pay dearly, even though the added value to the end product is not that great. In many cases, the value of a person is perceived and not actual. A person who is friends with the boss is perceived as more valuable to a company than a person who actually does valuable work, but who is not liked. Low-paid
worker
Consider a person who works in the department store warehouse, putting price labels on clothes items. The person gets paid $6.00/hour, but the company pays $12.00/hour including insurance, benefits, etc. If the worker averages 240 labels an hour, that adds $0.05 to the cost of each item. This job is important, because they need the price tags on the items, but it does not really increase the value of the product much. Also, since it is unskilled labor, the supply of workers is great. Thus the hourly pay is low. Programmer
A computer programmer can count the hours spent on developing a software application and see the savings to the company or how much they make on the product. It is sort of like a return-on-investment for the company. Your value
An interesting exercise is to try to figure out your value to your company. In some cases, you can estimate how many products that you contribute to, what the company charges for them, and how much they pay you for the contribution. Make yourself
more valuable
No matter what your position in a company, you want to make yourself more valuable to them. This will not only help you get raises and promotions, but it will also ensure job-security. Gain
skills
Ways to be more valuable in your job include finding ways to do your job better or quicker, thus saving the company money. Increasing your skills, so you can do more needed work for the company. Performing extra duties, beyond the scope of your job description. Must be
careful
You must be careful, though, in seeking ways to be more valuable. Sometimes a worker will do something he thinks is valuable, only to be shot-down by his superiors. Sometimes they don't want people to try to be more valuable, because it is a threat of one sort of another. In conclusion
Executives, salesmen, and workers contribute to the profits of a company. The value of some can be directly related to the profits, while other jobs are viewed as necessary expenses or costs. You can improve the way you work, come up with cost-savings ideas, improve your skills and do extra tasks to improve your value. Your self-esteem is the regard or respect you have for
yourself. It is your favorable opinion, judgment or appraisal of your
talents, skills, personality and the like. Having a healthy self-esteem feels
good and is important is being a champion in life. You form your judgments by your expectations and comparing yourself with others. It is important to your esteem that these expectations and comparisons are realistic in order to maintain a healthy esteem. Questions about this you may have are:
Esteem feels good
When you feel that you are talented, do a good job in what you do, are well-liked, and have things going well for you, your self-esteem is high. You like yourself. This is a judgment you make about yourself, just as you would make about another person. Just as it feels good when others like you, it also feels good when you like yourself. Of course, this should not be overdone, such that you only think of yourself and are not considerate of others and their feelings. But it is being proud of what you do and being pleased with your achievements. Expectations and comparisons
Everyone has expectations of how well they should perform. The problem occurs when the expectations are too high or unrealistic. I remember a schoolmate who felt he should get 100 on every test. If he got a 98, he did not live up to his expectations. Needless to say, he had a low self-esteem, because he was not as good as he expected. Comparing with others can give you a more realistic view of the world and your abilities. If the student with high expectations was the only one in class that got over a 90 on the test, his pride and self-esteem should be increased. Unrealistic comparisons again can be destructive to your self-esteem. The person who tries to compare his or her looks and talent with a famous star is being unrealistic and ends up having lowered esteem. Comparisons should be with the rest of the people, as well as with your past performance. Maintaining your self-esteem
The best thing to do to bolster your self-esteem is to compare yourself with the masses, as well as with your past performance. This is how you normally appraise your talents and attributes. Compare with the masses
If you want to judge your talent, looks, personality or other characteristic, in order to determine your self-esteem, compare yourself with the masses. Are you better than average? Is there a group that you are better than? If so, then you should feel good about yourself. At least someone likes you
But what about the people how are on the low end of the totem pole? How can someone who is ugly, stupid and with a irritating personality have any self-esteem? Well, just like when you drive on the freeway: there are always people ahead of you and behind you. In other words, even such a person can always find someone with whom he or she is better. Also, everyone has someone who likes them, resulting in having self-esteem. Compare with your past
Whether you are at the top or near the bottom, an important aspect of gaining and maintaining self-esteem is to compare with what you used to be. Most people are better today than they were yesterday. Realizing that can improve your self-esteem. For those who have slipped and fell back into bad habits or a bad environment, your self-esteem has also slipped. Such people need to get back into daily improvement to get their lives on track and to keep up their self-esteem. In conclusion
Having a good opinion of yourself and liking yourself is your self-esteem and makes life happier. Unrealistic expectations and comparisons can lower your esteem. Compare yourself with the masses and with your past performance to bolster your self-esteem.
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