Letter to All Employees
Feb 20
To all employees, of any company, in any industry, whether you work for yourself or for someone else:
I would like to ask you to join me in changing the world.
For READ(here), I have just finished reading Linchpin by Seth Godin. There are certain books that change your perception of the world, rock your core, hit home, Linchpin did that for me.
I have worked in various jobs since I was fourteen years old. Seven of those years in the restaurant industry, 2 years in a pharmacy and now a year and a half in the
cellular industry in a retail store. Needless to say, they have not been my dream jobs but consequences of circumstances some of my own choosing and others out of my control.
In my current and previous places of employment, I have repeatedly made the statement that ”I hate my job,” “I can’t wait to get out and find something
better.” I felt like a “cog in a machine.” Then I read Linchpin, and my attitude completely changed.
I am an aspiring entrepreneur and that’s the mentality I take to work with me everyday. I do not let the big shadow of Corporate America, or upper management make me feel like “just an employee.” I have made the decision to become “indispensable.”
When I walk in to work, I now understand that I work for myself. My work station/cubicle is my own business. The inventory is provided for me, I don’t have to worry about overhead costs, supply chain management, accounting principles and other business worries.
The only thing I have to worry about is the customer in front of me, the project assigned to me or the report I must finish. In these seemingly simple, easy tasks, I ”create art.” I try to “change people with my art.” Every interaction is a chance for me to excel, to show my passion, to make someone’s life easier. Yes, at the end of the day when you clock-out or leave the office its the companies logo at the top, but whose name is at the bottom? Whose name is the email from? When the customer leaves whose name will they remember that works for that company?
So fellow employees of any company, in any industry, whether you work for yourself or for someone else, join me in changing the world. Let’s remove the veil covering how important our input really is and make the world a better place, one project at a time, one report at a time and one customer interaction at a time.
Sincerely yours,
- Fellow employee
