Find a way to focus on improvement

Icalled a few friends before scripting this message and was quite surprised that not everyone was satisfied with their jobs in spite of the fact that they have made UAE their second home and have prospered money-wise. They all complained that they are and have been very hesitant to leave their jobs, despite not being happy.

The most common reason is family commitments, as changing jobs might involve relocating, which will also disrupt the children’s schooling and might also compromise their standard of living!

Then there are those who are burdened by mortgages or loans and can’t risk leaving their present jobs to start all over again as a new job involves learning from the very beginning to prove and build credibility.

Some prefer to stay on as the risk of changing a job might not guarantee that the new job will be better or it might turn out to be worse.

Another major barrier for changing jobs is to stay in the hope that things will improve and there is often pessimism among long-term employees of organisational change, which will bring about a better situation for them.

Personally, I have never felt that I dislike my job. I have been in the same company and grown with it for a little over 30 years, and I feel a strong sense of loyalty and responsibility not only towards the stakeholders and colleagues but also to the customers.

One simple advice from me to anyone bored in their job is to improvise on internal processes and keep track of the targets in all quadrants of your business. From Mr Yousuf Sait Manufacturing Head in a private company in Dubai