"DESERVE BEFORE YOU DESIRE" - Dr. Gopalkrishnan, Chairman TATA Sons.

 (This message is from Dr.Gopalakrishnan, who succeeded Ratan Tata as the Chairman of Tata sons Ltd)

 The  grass  isn't  always greener on the other side!!

 

Move from one job to another, but only for the right reasons. It's yet another day at office. As I logged on to the marketing and advertising sites for the latest updates, as  usual,  I  found  the  headlines  dominated  by 'who's' moving from one company  to  another after a short stint', and I wondered, why are so many people  leaving  one job for another? Is it passé now to work with just one company for a sufficiently long period? Whenever I ask this question to people who leave a company, the answers I get are: "Oh, I am getting a 200% hike in salary"; "Well I am jumping three levels  in  my designation"; "Well they are going to send me abroad in six months".

Then, I look around at all the people who are considered successful today and  who have reached the top - be it a media agency, an advertising agency or  a  company. I find that most of these people are the ones who stuck to the  company, ground their heels and worked their way to the top. And, as I look  around for people who change their jobs constantly, I find they have stagnated at some level, in obscurity.

In this absolute ruthless, dynamic and competitive environment, there are still  no  - short cuts to success or to making money.
The only thing that continues   to   pay,  as  earlier  is  loyalty  and hard  work.  Yes,  it pays!  Sometimes, immediately, sometimes after a lot
of time. But, it does pay.  Does  this mean that one should stick to an organization and wait for the  golden moment? Of course not. After, a long stint, there always comes a  time  for moving in most organisations, but it is important to move for the   right   reasons,  rather  than  the  superficial ones,  like  money, designation or oversees trip.

Remember, no company recruits for charity. More often than not, when you are   offered   an   unseemly   hike  in  salary  or designation  that  is disproportionate  to what the company offers it current employees, there is always  an  unseemly  bait attached. The result? You
will, in the long term have reached the same level or may be lower levels than what you would have in your current company.

A  lot  of  people  leave their organisations because they are 'unhappy'. What  is  this so called unhappiness? I have been working for donkey years and  there has never been a day when I am not unhappy about something in my work environment - boss, rude colleagues, fussy clients etc.

Unhappiness in a work place, to a large extent, is transient. If you look hard  enough,  there  is  always  something  to be unhappy about. But, more importantly,  do  I  come  to work to be "happy" in the truest sense? If I think  hard,  the  answer  is  "No".  Happiness  is
something you find with family,  friends,  may  be  a  close  circle of colleagues who have become friends.  What  you come to work for is to earn, build a reputation, satisfy your  ambitions,  be  appreciated for your work ethics, face challenges and get the job done.

So,  the  next  time  you  are  tempered  to move on, as yourself why are you moving and what are you moving into?