Choices

Hello lovely ones.

Today I am having a little rant. I strongly believe everyone has choices. Sometime we make the wrong choice, sometimes we make a choice out of respect for another person's feelings, and sometimes we make happy choices which change our lives for the better. The common factor is, that we ALL have the choice!

Therefore, I get very cross when organisations make compulsory choices for their work staff. The only choice the people have, are to go along with what their employers want, or to leave the job that they really enjoy. This is often thrust upon them through bureaucracy, and inflexibility.

Take 'team building' for instance.  Lots of companies have team building days which are said to be beneficial to all and are supposed to bring a team of co-workers together. But there are also people who are the greatest team members, who feel very uncomfortable with "role play", and feel that this 'forced' day of bonding is a total waste of time. Unfortunately though, it is a 'compulsory' day, where they have to attend even though it makes them feel humiliated, even though they disagree with its principles. Because they seem to have no choice.
Wouldn't it be great if every employer respected their loyal employee enough to be able to make their own choice to attend a 'team building day', instead of telling them they have to.

Me, I love role play, so if I had the choice, I would attend these days, happily. I may not agree that it will change the way a team works together in everyday employment, but because I love to interact with others, and like to understand how people find their way around obstacles, in ways that maybe I hadn't thought of...But that is me.  I feel strongly that if someone who does not want to attend, and in fact finds the whole role play thing a total embarrassment and a waste of their time, should have the choice to not take part.

Choice should be made compulsory in the workplace, and not when it suits the employer......
Rant over....Have a nice day xxx