It is not very often that I consciously decide to write or talk about work. It is not a decision rooted in disdain or contempt of the company I work for, and fearing the repercussions if the revelation were to be discovered. Au contraire, if I were to really talk about work, it would be anything but negative. Perhaps that is why I feel compelled to at least take the opportunity to make a brief mention of it somehow.
I will be the first to admit that I work in a company that really isn't competitive where salary packages are concerned. No, they're not stingy... just realistic. It is not a large conglomerate or a household brand name company either, and this equally reflects in the revenue category the company falls into. You can't possibly reward your employees at the risk of facing a deficit; that's just bad financial management.
However, what it lacks in monetary compensation, it gladly makes up for with an experience that is unique (to me). Here is a place where the goals and motivation of the company management is genuinely about making a difference to people, both external and internal to the company. Externally, it values the contribution we make to make life more fulfilling to the people who need and benefit from our services the most. Internally...
... is where things get just as interesting. Making a difference to the people that they employ is not something easy to achieve. Furthermore, to succeed in imprinting this culture in the minds of the employed requires a consistently delivered and deployed message across all levels of management, especially the core leader. Therein lies the true value of the company, as it is heavily invested in a people management program that is in place to genuinely focus and work on the needs of the people within.
I am not saying it is a unique practice in the world; but it is one that I am actually dealing with every single day with no equal comparison to any of the jobs I've had in the past. It may not be the best paying job in the world, and it obviously will never let me achieve some of the dreams I have that require a strong financial foundation... but in its place, I find a sense of belonging and being in a position that I genuinely feel I am making a difference, or at least given the genuine opportunity to make a difference in the people around me. Things may not always go as expected, but when dealing with people, nothing is ever certain.
Just knowing that if I focus effort into growing my team, and if that growth is necessary to ensure we achieve the company's goal of touching people's lives beyond our workplace... then I will have the support of the leaders above me, and the peers beside me. How often can we actually admit to that?
... Not often enough, I'd say. Yet, I have the privilege to do just that... every single day! Is it exhausting? You bet. Is it easy? Hell, no! Is it worth it? More than anything a job has ever granted me before.
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