Whether we like it or not, moonlighting is here to stay. The causes of the moonlighting effect are easy to understand:
A. We now know that when the going gets tough, organisations can and do fire employees with no warning whatsoever.
B. When the profits are good, the executives get the fattest bonus checks, but when there are losses, employees get the pink slips, not the managers who are responsible for PnL.
Therefore, we arrive at the following axioms:
A. Loyalty as a concept does not apply to the employer - employee relationship. It is a work for pay contract.
B. An employee cannot rely on their employer for financial stability. They have to ensure it themselves.
C. For a mid-level employee, the only resource they can deploy to earn the secondary income is their own skill.
So, moonlighting is a legitimate response to conditions created by myopic employers. Because it makes common sense, it is here to stay.
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