I think Steve's example of the company is a great example of all of this and how the company itself and it's employees rate on the rating scale of -10 (fear) to +10 (love).
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You might find it enlightening to rate your previous employers on a scale of -10 (fear) to +10 (love). Then rate yourself on that same scale, and consider your experiences in light of those ratings. Do the same for your current employer. Does this give you more clarity about whether you need a career change? Do the same for the industries you’ve worked in. Do you need an industry change?
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I currently work for a private, educational software company. We make educational software for children and adults with special needs. We are a company of 23. I have been employed with them for twelve years. I am an animator and computer artist. We have an art department, a marketing department, programing department, technical support department, administrative department and two bosses who co-own the company.
If I were to rate the company itself according to Steve's scale above, I would rate it a +8.
If I were to rate myself in my job position, I would rate myself as a +7.
10 of my coworkers:
Brian, an animator , +5.
Lori, an animator, +7.
Adam, a marketing consultant, -7
Steve, a graphic artist, +4
Daniel, a technical support person, -6
Carl, a graphic artist, +6
Linda, my art director, -5
Kathy, office manager, +3
Cole, programmer, +6
Jeff, grant writer, +6
My boss Mary, a Speech Language Pathologist, -7
My boss Bernie, a Speech Language Pathologist, +6
I can go through everyone in the company and assign them a number I think congruent with what I see in them. I am quite happy at the company I work for, although there is something I would like changed. I would like a higher salary....I think about the money sometimes. My only reason for wanting a higher salary is to be able to afford a home here. We have tried three times to buy three different homes and they have all fallen through because of the expense of living in the area we do. I have recieved raises in the past, but in Vermont I am at my peak salary currently. Our company is just making it and we have been losing sales over the course of the previous three years.
After twelve years of trying to purchase a house here, we are getting ready to move out of state. Yes, still expensive where we want to go, but higher salary for my creative output. Cheaper taxes on housing, and apartments and food are about the same(been doing research for some time now). My husband can do more of the work he specializes in and I can find new ways of being creative and still be able to live by it. This is currently what has been happening and has made me question what it is I really want to do. It's not that it isn't difficult to choose, it is very difficult, but money isn't the sole reason we would be moving. We could very well be living comfortably in an apartment for the rest of our lives here, but would it make me happy to do so? Maybe. Is it what I really want now? No. So with things I want in my life I have to choose how to go about getting them and maybe even change my location. I think that will be okay. What I am not okay with is taking the job with XXXX company that pays me $20000 more a year at the expense of my values. Could I take it and my housing problem be solved? Yes. But I choose not to take it, as it will not make me happy to be in a house that will have to be supported by a job I would not work well in. So, with that being said, it's time to do something different.