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By Clint Maun CPS
In recent years, many workplaces have felt more like a fancy hotel than an office. There were things like catered lunch meetings, dry cleaning services, free coffee and even on-site gyms. These days, however, many companies are scaling back. Management is scrutinizing anything but the barest of business expenses and you might feel like your job hasn't been the same since your fringe benefits got taken away.
If you're like many healthcare professionals, watching such comforts get rescinded may make you feel like your work has suddenly lost some of its luster. And this feeling is not completely unfounded. According to psychologists, watching perks get taken away produces fear, and fear can sap some of the motivation you once had to excel in your job. If you're starting to feel the fear and panic of cutbacks, it's time to get some perspective. Take heed of the following:
Get some perspective: To better cope with the more austere workplace, first recognize that the things you thought your job was required to provide may not be essential-especially right now-even if they're as important to you as a benefit like paid sick leave. Many things that you may have thought were necessities aren't necessities. It's something you've probably heard many times, but if you have a job, you should really be thankful for it.
Don't take it personally: Indeed, you should not interpret cutbacks as a step backwards in your career. Everyone right now is having to make the same types of decisions and cutbacks. So, you really can't take such cutbacks personally or as a reflection of your job performance.
Share the burden: There needs to be a sense of shared responsibility and burden at the workplace. If you know you're all in this together, make sure you don't isolate yourself as you're going about your duties. You should still gather with your colleagues, even if it's no longer on the company dime, because you want to feel like you're working alongside others. A cake and soda in the break room might be a turnoff if you're used to something else, but it still gets people in the room together.
Finally, realize that you can be part of the solution. The company values what you do for it and wants you to help dig out of any hard times. Try to articulate what makes you feel accomplished or energized during your time at the office but that also doesn't involve your expense account.
"An economist is a surgeon with an excellent scalpel and a rough-edged lancet, who operates beautifully on the dead and tortures the living."
-Nicholas Chamfort
By Clint Maun - www.maunlemke.com
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(This post was edited by ClintMaun on Nov 2, 2009, 12:56 PM)
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