Thursday, November 10, 2011
Magic Cable
After reading this article I think Gary Roberts traded down as opposed to trading up when he took the new job. In his mind he thought that because there was a clean working enviroment and a small chance of promotion that he was getting a better job. However, I think he assumed he'd get all of his past perks. At Magic Cable, the enviroment may have been cleaner, and there was a large diversity of people working. However, he didn't get the overtime opportunities and his boss wasn't a quality guy. Back at Tile-Elite he had over time and his boss was an okay guy. He was a valued part of the company as a mechanic. Just because he wasn't happy with not getting a promotion doesn't mean he should have left. If he was valued that much at Tile-Elite he should have gotten a raise.
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I agree with what you are trying to say here. I thought it would have been a better decision for Gary to stay at Tile-Elite. If there was over time being offered that meant that there was work available for him to do. I would personally be working at a place where I was doing tasks that I was good at over taking another job because I wasn't getting a promotion or pay raise.
ReplyDeleteI agree, simply because Gary forgot the thing he wanted most when he switched jobs, the promotion. Although his new job at Magic Cable had other perks, switching jobs never satisfied his main motivation, to be promoted. Instead, he was another entry-level employee, and after a while, when the perks started to diminish, he became unhappy at his new job. Gary should have looked for a place with a guaranteed promotion, because that is what he wanted most, so picking a job without this won't actually make him happier in the long run.
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