Is your company growing? Is it becoming more competitive by the day? Is its market share increasing? How has the share value performed over the last couple of quarters? What prevailing threats and weaknesses your company faces today? Is there a threat to survival for your company and its business offering?
As working individuals, we seldom get time to ponder over these questions as these questions are something that a CEO of the company would worry about. As long as we are getting our salaries and are reasonably appraised, there is no need to worry. This is natural; all of us have just enough time to grapple with our own routines than worry about these profound questions. But all hell breaks loose when one fine morning, your company hands you the pink slip, leaving you off guard – Why now and why me?
Let us have a look at some of our traditional beliefs (myths about job security) and ground realities.
Do you read – “nothing of traditional approach”, will secure my job? – You read it right and I mean it. In essence, your job is not permanent. How can anything be permanent in this impermanent world? Let us start here!
I am not pointing towards the end of the world, rather pointing out some bitter realities of life itself. ‘Change is constant and so is the truth’. The truth is, that ‘the world is impermanent’, and we have taken refuge here for some time. Why lace our stay with fear? Fear of impermanence?
Fear is an impediment for freedom, and bondage is impediment for growth. Many people opt for government jobs; reason is ‘job security’. This marks the beginning of end of a dream. I mean the reason, not the entity. Job insecurity is a breeding ground for resistance to change. Only change can produce a change! Why resist change? Secure what?
About the Author
Sreedher Kadambi serves as the Principal Consultant and Managing Director at Skil Global Business Solutions Private Limited. With over two decades of experience, he specializes in consulting for Operations Excellence practices within the industry. Kadambi has collaborated with over 20 diverse business segments across India, the USA, and the Middle East, catering to small, medium, large-scale enterprises, as well as multinational companies. Additionally, he holds a position as a visiting faculty member at the Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur.
Kadambi has contributed to the field by authoring numerous articles and case studies focused on the implementation of world-class operational excellence practices, available, under blog section, on www.skilglobal.com. He is also the author of "Cracking the Six Sigma Black Belt Exam," a publication by McGraw Hill, which is currently out of print.