Laziness Over Work
Have you ever been sitting the whole day at your working desk, staring at your computer, doing nothing and hoping that you won't receive anything to do?
Tired of working, no motivations, no vision, but entrapped to a phrase, "those unwilling to work will not get to eat" thing. Spending day by day achieving nothing, do not know any directions to move, and yet refusing to resign from work.
I will not ask whether you are like that or not, but I know some who are like that and suffers from that.
Usually, people will judge that this occurrence is based on your laziness, but I want to try to see from another viewpoint, why are you so unmotivated? For the sake of this thought, let's exclude those who are born lazy.
Needless to say, those who are unmotivated (I prefer to use this word over 'lazy') are underperformed, underachieving, and dragging down the others. What's more? They will get the same monthly salary as those who work diligently (at least until the next pay rise). It's easy to condemn that kind of people, do we?
If a corporate want to try to understand how did this happen, it might prevent these kinds of things to happen. So, why did this happen? In my experience and viewpoint, there are three reasons why employees are unmotivated:
#1 - No Goals
To be honest, corporations, businesses, either small or big ventures, some of them (actually many of them in my opinion) fails to define a goal for their actions or fail to communicate their goals. I know that everyone wants to make a profit in their business, but is that all for it? If a business owner really thinks like that, then he/she certainly has forgotten that those employees have their own life too. Obviously, the majority of human being wants to accomplish something big, something meaningful in their life, and mostly is not related to how much money you make or earn.
#2 - No Care
Those who lead without looking back at their followers bound to have no followers at all. Some of your employees want to take care of, they want to be seen, to be involved, or at least to be asked, "how are you today? anything I could help with?." Just imagine when you have a relationship with someone, and you've been totally ignored, or worse only getting yelled at the things you failed to do, but no praise on what you achieve (no matter how small it is). Pathetic isn't it?
#3 - No Life
Good service, 24/7, will be great news for your customers or business leaders, but not for your employees. They need to see the world, they need to see what others doing, they need to see that there is more to life than only work. They have their families, obviously, matter more than the job or even the salary. It's the spirit of life that keeps them motivated. Believe me, if your employees have more time to play with their child, they are more than willing to work smarter and do father than anyone else for your business. You don't even need to ask about their loyalty.
We don't need to talk about mentoring, people development, and other complex concepts of management to improve their motivation and work quality. People tend to overlook small and simple things just to overcomplicate the problems.
If you are those who fall into the unmotivated category if you are experiencing this moment for more than 1 year and never try anything to improve the conditions. Please. Do a good deed to move on. It will help you and the company altogether. You might be suited to be an entrepreneur? Maybe there's another door that more suited for you? Sometimes taking a break from doing any job for months could be salvation. Maybe it's time to sort out life priorities and get a breather. Nothing wrong to rearrange one's life rather than hitting a wall over and over again forever.
Why? It's an antithesis, but in my experiences, changing an organization altogether is lots more easier than changing a person. And you know, being different is not always a sin. Just my personal opinion though. (CBA)
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