Sunday, June 8, 2008

What is your work ethic?

My friend and I got to talking about each other work ethics. It seems we have to very different opinions on how we should work. We are coming from very similar work backgrounds but it seems we have come to different conclusions on how hard we should work and our overall mentality on work.

Here are the similarities:

* We have been working in our industries for several years.
* We have each worked for several companies doing the same type of work.
* We are both at pretty much the height of pay for our professions.

What are the differences? My friend watches everyone around to see how much they can get away with. He then imitates there nature. Basically he works just enough so they don’t fire him.

My work ethic is very different. I work based on the amount I get paid. In my case I get paid very well so I work very hard. I also work very hard because I know there is up in my career. I would have to change careers before I can start moving up again.

These are only 2 different work ethics. I’m sure there is a lot more. What sort of work ethic do you follow?