The Effects of a Good Job

The effects of a good job are happiness. An employee will be inclined to feel a certain measure of well being knowing that his job will provide long term financial security for himself and for his family. The employer should recognize the employee's need to spend just as much time outside of the work place conducting personal affairs as he spends inside the work place conducting business affairs (Yeah! How many employers do you know who actually recognize that?). And to balance both of these, success and happiness can be obtained with a job that pays well.

As the old saying goes, "Hard work pays off and good things come to those who wait." These saying have become something of a cliché in our modern society, but they're not the meaningless philosophy of past generations. Rather they are definite rules that can be followed to prosperity, and the driving force behind these rules is almost always a steady job(Yeah, that and a ton of alcohol!). A beginning business owner who holds a job while planning his future business will probably want to be satisfied that his current job will hold him until he reaches the stage where he can go out on his own (That was long winded! Can we all breathe now?).

A family man working to buy his family a new home will probably want to be assured that his current job will take him to the point where his home is finally paid off (Which will be ten years after he's dead an buried), while still providing for the basic necessities of his family. So as long as the job stays steady, without the threat of layoffs or other set backs, hard work and long suffering can truly pay off in the end.

But even though the employer may provide long term financial security, the success of the employee outside the workplace will be slim if he is not given the proper amount of time off to allow for the building of that success (Wishful thinking buddy!). In the case of the beginning business owner, if his current employer pushes him to work too many hours during the week then he will never find the time he needs to conduct the affairs necessary to build that future business (If you don't like your job, quit!). IN the case of the family man, whose employer pushes him to work an over excessive amount of hours (Which is what most employers do), although he may benefit by paying off his home much faster than he would working less hours, he also looses valuable time needed to keep his family life fruitful and happy (Which is just about the time the milk man comes into play). This has more than once been the death of a strong family (and the happiness of the milk man!). So, equal time spent outside of the workplace may strengthen an employee's contentment with his employer and therefore his loyalty to his job simply by giving him the opportunity to advance in his personal affairs (...and keep the milk man at bay).

Finally, if the job doesn't pay well (Does any job pay well?), chances are that the future may look dim (No, really?) and time off may be more harmful than helpful (it usually is dude). If the pay wages of the new business owner or the family man forces them to live on a week to week basis (Again, as most jobs force you to do) and provides only enough to satisfy the basic necessities, even though job security may be in place, overwork may be the only way to achieve future goals. That contradicts the concept of taking the time off to work on those goals (I'm getting wiser by the second!).

So the effects of a good job are indeed happiness when these three factors are in place: Job security, in that steady growth and opportunity inside of the work place provides for steady growth and opportunity outside the workplace (And a ton of alcohol), equal time off, in that the employee is able to spend the same amount of time conducting personal affairs as well as business affairs (And a ton of drinking alcohol), and salaries enough to allow both of these to reach their fullest potential (And buy a ton of alcohol).

Yeah that's right people, I'm a college student!