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<blockquote data-quote="John Roberts" data-source="post: 88377" data-attributes="member: 126">Re: Getting my employer to take me seriously...One speech I used to give to my employees was to explain what their job really was about..... it was to make my job easier and less stressful, just like my job was to worry about what my boss worries about. Perhaps look at it from their perspective. How could you make their life less stressful, other than working for free? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :-)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" />Money is how we keep score but the real transaction in any job, is taking care of our employer&#039;s needs and wants. Some employers are not very rational and can&#039;t be easily satisfied but most will reward employees who have their back. While that is focussed purely on the personal dynamic, economically you need to be creating value commensurate to what you are paid, or the relationship doesn&#039;t make sense. Employees often think pay is about what they need, but it is about what they contribute to the organization. If you want the organization to pay you more, you need to create more value for them, or make them aware you already are if they don&#039;t see it. &nbsp;JR</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John Roberts, post: 88377, member: 126"] Re: Getting my employer to take me seriously... One speech I used to give to my employees was to explain what their job really was about..... it was to make my job easier and less stressful, just like my job was to worry about what my boss worries about. Perhaps look at it from their perspective. How could you make their life less stressful, other than working for free? :-) Money is how we keep score but the real transaction in any job, is taking care of our employer's needs and wants. Some employers are not very rational and can't be easily satisfied but most will reward employees who have their back. While that is focussed purely on the personal dynamic, economically you need to be creating value commensurate to what you are paid, or the relationship doesn't make sense. Employees often think pay is about what they need, but it is about what they contribute to the organization. If you want the organization to pay you more, you need to create more value for them, or make them aware you already are if they don't see it. JR [/QUOTE]

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