I've worked for other companies where the expectation is to just do your job and that's it. When one asks for additional job resposibility, the request is promptly shot down because you're expected to "just do the job you have."
Personally, that's a very dangerous method of running a business (or any other organization for that matter); no organization will ever be successfull using that strategy.
Challenging employees with new responsibilities keeps them interested, motivated and productive thereby increasing employee retention. If employees aren't productive, they get bored and that's leads to lazyness, goofing off and other problems.
My current employer challenges me daily (if not hourly!). Each day has new challenges to keep me interested and content, but not erratically out of control due to lack of foresight or pre-planning, which can also kill an organization.
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I've worked for other companies where the expectation is to just do your job and that's it. When one asks for additional job resposibility, the request is promptly shot down because you're expected to "just do the job you have." Personally, that's a very dangerous method of running a business (or any other organization for that matter); no organization will ever be successfull using that strategy. Challenging employees with new responsibilities keeps them interested, motivated and productive thereby increasing employee retention. If employees aren't productive, they get bored and that's leads to lazyness, goofing off and other problems. My current employer challenges me daily (if not hourly!). Each day has new challenges to keep me interested and content, but not erratically out of control due to lack of foresight or pre-planning, which can also kill an organization.