What employers don’t tell employees at the beginning of employment is something every employee show worry about. Mauricio Roberto Pochettino, a football coach easily identified with a very high-pressing, attacking style of football associated with positive results came to prominence in his tour of duty in the English Premier League. In the 2014 season, Southampton FC under his guide equaled its highest finish in the league. Buoyed by the sterling performance considering the lean resources at his disposal, another club, Tottenham Hotspur FC believed in him and employed his services.
He helped Tottenham reach the League’s runner-up position in 2016 and played UEFA Champion League’s final match as runner-up in 2019. Quite a feat you may say for a football club that had not tasted any success at that level for over three decades. The fans loved Pochettino and the team respected him. For poor results he was fired the following season. Organizations will keep you as long as you continue to bear fruits and will dispense with your services as you falter without any reference to the past. Your past laurels, achievements, and accolades will not count. They may only serve as a reference mark in hiring your replacement.
Organizations spend huge resources in their search for relevant workers. To identify, recruit and maintain needed workers adverts, head hunters, consultants, agents, and money are deployed . Once employed, the workers are given protection and encouraged to update skills for continued relevance. Your employer will attempt to keep you at all permissible costs as long as you continue to add value. While the romance lasts, the worker is valued, commended, and rewarded. He may even be persuaded to stay longer after an earlier agreed exit date.
Never will the worker be bothered with the exit protocols until on the eve of your replacement date. At that point, you may just be reminded in a terse statement or shocked by an unexpected public media announcement. And what happens thereafter is for you to carter for. What a ‘use and dump’ attitude of the employer! Certainly, your employers will never let you understand this as long as they enjoy your services.
It is a trend that will never end given its global nature. The earlier an employee understands this, the better. This article delves a little deeper on the idea. Just like a new university graduate, the future is for the worker or retiree to explore and exploit. For the retiree, you either stay idle and relish in your past work achievements or failures or create a new identity of relevance for yourself, family, and humanity. Your employer’s responsibility ends along the lines of your retirement contract. They will never tell you this. The promise of ‘we will always check on you is a lie many people have believed at their peril.
There is always a life after retirement. This article reviews meaningful versus fulfilled retirement. Advances in science, technology, and healthcare have stretched it in some cases, beyond the working years. These last years on earth are as important in life as the earlier working years. The retirement years constitute the second half of one’s journey on earth. During this period, passing professional qualifying examinations, queuing for promotion, or navigating yourself out of organizational politics don’t matter. Living a meaningful life in retirement is far beyond your organization’s purview which they will never tell you. Trust me; it is your personal responsibility. So think in terms personal reinvention. Are you reinventing yourself today? This post reviews that question.
