Is Your Corporate
Job Using You Up?
Corporate
Burnout
Do
you dread getting up to face another day at work? You're
not alone. In fact, you may well be in the majority. Corporate
burnout is becoming so widespread throughout the US and
other countries that people travel the country giving seminars
on how to handle job burnout and make workers feel less
stressed. Of course, you've probably heard the drill-"Learn
to work smarter, not harder"... "Be a team player"...
"It came down from the higher-ups"... "In
the end this will help us reach our goals and we'll get
fat bonuses."
Of course, the goals set for many corporate
employees are so unrealistic that the bonuses they hold out
for never materialize. Perhaps you hit 8 out of 9 targets,
but sorry, you don't get the prize because you didn't hit
that last, totally impossible ninth one. Sometimes it feels
like you're working in some sort of absurd carnival sideshow.
It's no wonder you don't feel very committed to a corporation
that treats you like a slave. How can you feel loyal when
there's so little appreciation?
Mega-Stress
The unrelenting stress of a high-pressure job can lead to
numerous health problems as well- hypertension, heart attacks,
backaches, anxiety, headaches, depression, and even addiction
to drugs or alcohol, either as a way to try to stay energized
and "up" to complete excessive workloads, or as
a self-medicating attempt to relax when you finally have some
time for yourself.
To add to the stress, stories of layoffs
by major corporations are announced every month.
In 2006, 1,500,000 workers were pink-slipped in mass layoffs
("mass" meaning more than 50 employees at a time).
Rumors circulate constantly about what the top management
is doing now, what changes are in the wind. Companies are
"reorganizing." They're "outsourcing"
or selling out to another company. Or they've gone bankrupt-only
to reappear overseas, employing workers for a tiny percentage
of their American counterparts' salaries.
Fat
Cats and Sad Sacks
Average, everyday workers like you are the ones who bear the
brunt of these kinds of changes. CEO's and other top executives
just keep rolling in the dough-even those at companies you
wouldn't think of as "blue chip." For example, in
2005, the annual pay package of Dollar General's CEO, David
Perdue, was $3,314,901 (as reported by The Corporate Library).
An American worker earning an average salary would have to
work until the year 2135 to make what Perdue makes
in one year. But frankly, this guy is small-time. The average
total compensation for a CEO of a Standard & Poor's 500
company in 2005 was $13.51 million-over four times
what Perdue made, and a 16% raise over the year before. Did
you get a 16% raise recently?
Like many of your co-workers, you probably
feel angry, undervalued, underpaid, and exhausted when you
think about stories like these. Few salaried employees in
corporate America work a traditional 40-hour week. Many put
in 50, 60, even 70 hours to meet the demands of their superiors.
Hourly workers are cut off at 40 hours or less so the company
can avoid paying overtime-and you know who takes up the slack.
(Meanwhile, those hourly workers may have to work an additional
job-at straight-time pay, of course.)
The "blame culture" that has developed
in our society extends into the corporate world as well. ("It's
her fault we have to work so late. If only she'd do
her job like I do!") Feelings of competition and worries
about favoritism increase feelings of anger and powerlessness.
What's the Alternative?
There is a way NOT to let all these other people control your
life and hold power over your economic survival and lifestyle.
You can take control of your own life by becoming your own
boss. Ironically, as you've become more and more disenchanted
with your corporate job, you have also been learning what
kind of job you need to be happy.
Are these some of the aspects you would
include on your list of ideal job conditions?
The
freedom to set your own hours.
Choosing
how to handle situations yourself instead of deferring to
a "company policy" that you find
ridiculous.
The liberty
to spend time with your friends and family without having
to beg for time off.
Working
in comfortable clothing in a location you choose.
Excellent
pay that is determined by the amount of work you put in.
You're steering
your own course-no worries about someone else determining
your future.
Have
You Got What it Takes?
You already know you deserve more than your corporate employer
will ever provide. Ironically, during all those excessive
hours of work for them, you've honed valuable business
skills that you can put to work as you build your own business.
The difference is, you will reap the rewards. It's kind of
like being your very own CEO.
As long as you have a genuine desire
to empower yourself, to live the kind of life you've always
dreamed of, we can show you our easy system that will start
you on the road to success. This is a legitimate business
opportunity that has the potential to bring you more wealth
and independence than you've ever dreamed of. As long as you've
got a computer and a phone, the only other things you are
going to need are a longing for personal freedom and a desire
for financial security. You've already got what it takes-so
fill out the web form below for more information. It's absolutely
free...and it could be the first step toward and it could
be the first step toward stomping out that corporate burnout
fire forever.
Sincerely,
Cherry Sewell
+02 6685 4567
cherry@livelifeboldly.com