Monday, October 27, 2008

Imagine you are the owner of a company.
Its a small company, but your employees require quite a lot from you as their owner/manager. You are not only in charge of the training of your employees, you are also required to care for their basic needs, some of whom lack even the simplest of skills. You must also provide meals for your employees, which you will cook yourself, and you must listen as what you have lovingly prepared is subject to descriptions such as "yucky" and "horrible."
You are also in charge of maintaining the safety of your employees. Remember, some of them lack even the most basic skills to keep themselves safe. You will have to make sure at every waking hour that your employees have not put something in their mouths that could make them sick/choke them, or have accidentally walked onto the street while playing outside. You will constantly be afraid of something happening to your employees.
At your company, you are also in charge of all building maintenance. You will spend hours fixing and cleaning the building, only to have your employees trash your hard work in a matter of a few minutes. You will then be expected to start all over again
and clean up after them. As building maintenance supervisor, you are required to keep inventory of all needed supplies such as food, clothing and cleaning supplies. You must attempt to get all supplies at the cheapest possible price so as to keep your company in the black.
Not only are you responsible for the training, safety and basic care of your employees and all building maintenance, you will also handle all conflicts between your employees. You will try to provide successful conflict resolution between your employees, but most of the time you will fail and the conflict will continue.
As owner of your company, you will head up the company "fun committee." As head of this committee you are expected to provide fun activities for your employees. Not only should the activities be fun, they should be educational. Should you resort to the television as your "fun activity," you will feel guilty. As owner of your company, you will need to get used to your "friends" guilt and fear. They will be your constant companions as you perform your job duties.
Now imagine you don't ever get to leave your job. You must work at all hours of the day, every day. At night, you may sleep for a few hours, but you must continue to be on call should one of your employees have a problem. Should you ever get the chance to take a brief break away from your company and your employees, you must carry a cell phone with you so someone can reach you should your employees have any issues. If you attempt to do your OWN fun activity at your company, you will be constantly harassed by your employees who will undoubtedly need you the entire time you are trying to do your activity. Then, (you guessed it!) you will feel guilty that you are not being a better employer.
You must perform all of the above job requirements to the best of your abilities (but even then, you will doubt yourself and wonder if you are running your company into the ground). Oh, and there is no monetary compensation or vacation.
Welcome to the world of motherhood, where you will be amazed at the things you will do for love.

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