ORGANIZATIONS BENEFIT WHEN PEOPLE LOVE THEIR WORKPLACE
Your workplace becomes your second home as you spend more than half of your day at work. Your colleagues as well become like your family members. There is a saying, people will forget what you have done, but they will never forget how you have made them feel. Great workplaces should not only stay in your resumes but also in your hearts forever. The icing on the cake is when your boss tells you that you are always welcome to join the company back and they would welcome you with open arms.
Being emotionally attached to a company however, is considered a sign of weakness to some individuals. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam once said, “Love your job, but not your company, as you never know when your company will stop loving you”. This would be a more rational approach towards your workplace. Emotional attachment is considered unhealthy as:
It goes without saying that nobody is irreplaceable in a corporate scenario.
It is easier to manipulate a worker who is emotionally invested in the job than someone who is not. Manipulations could range from stalling promotions, making promises or offers for raises that are never fulfilled etc.
When you are too attached to your job it’s difficult to deal with criticisms, whether constructive or destructive
Getting a worker emotionally attached to the work environment is a sure fire way to make him work for lesser money.
In the event of downsizing for any reason it’s going to be very hard for an employee as well as an employer who is too attached to his job emotionally.
When you are too attached to the work, you find ways to rationalize whatever negativities there are at work, even when it hampers your personal growth.
Work is a never ending procedure. Too much of emotional attachment to work could affect work life balance.
But have you ever thought of the positives that are involved in being emotionally attached to a workplace? Here are some advantages listed below for the same:
The major factors which can influence a person to continue with the same organization can be due to many factors like Working atmosphere, Friendliness, Culture, Learning, Sense of belongingness, Pride, Importance, Lenience and some sort of comfort so called comfort zone.
Some new research about workplace behavior caught my attention recently. It highlights the important link between an organization’s management culture and the psychological experience of working within it. That’s a link that needs to be examined, but often isn’t; and this study illustrates that gap. It is found that people who report feeling emotionally engaged and connected with their work and their organizations also experience greater psychological well-being.
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