Dive into work, look up at people.

Author: Wei Pengfei
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: Section 2 Find Your Own Fertile Ground for Growth
Everyone wants to advance and have a bright future, and they need an environment where they can showcase their talents, a superior who can help them. "If the ruler is unworthy, the minister will seek service elsewhere," as Han Xin abandoned Xiang Yu to join Liu Bang, achieving great accomplishments. Quitting a job is not something to be ashamed of; abandoning darkness for light is a right you should fiercely defend.
You may have had such an experience: During an interview, it seemed like an ideal position, perfectly meeting all your requirements, and you even thought you had finally found a good job. You devoted all your attention to the company, hoping to demonstrate your skills, but you discovered that what you were doing was trivial and unimportant—put simply, you were placed in a position of inaction. Your superior promised to give you a challenging and creative task, but in reality, the work was divided among your colleagues. You were angry, weren’t you? In anger, people often act impulsively, so before you take action and submit your resignation letter, you must think carefully.
If you are new to this industry and still feel unfamiliar with many things, you need to do more, ask more, and learn more. Therefore, you should not develop a lazy, skillful-avoidant personality, nor should you be overly meticulous. The opportunity to deeply understand your work and be hands-on with everything is a blessing. Conversely, if you are not interested in your current job and cannot find a sense of achievement in it, what troubles you most is that your job is fundamentally different from what you imagined. For example: During the interview, your superior promised to make you his personal assistant, but your colleagues treated you as a general laborer, assigning you small and big tasks alike. In such unreasonable situations, you should directly talk to your superior about your feelings and thoughts. There might be a turn of events, and your superior may value your worth.
If you encounter the following situations, you should pay special attention—perhaps this is your reason for quitting:
◎ Poor management, the boss lacks vision;
◎ Lack of transparency, the boss treats the company as a personal possession;
◎ Capable people resign one after another, while the incompetent are favored;
◎ Middle management is sluggish;
◎ Top management is autocratic.
In short, today’s society is an open one, and work is also a two-way choice. The superior has the right to choose you, and you also have the right to choose your superior. Trees die when moved, but people thrive when they move. Good crops need fertile soil.
Han Lei studied Metallurgical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, which had nothing to do with sales. During his vacation, he worked at an iron and steel company to gain some practical experience. As graduation approached, he realized that working in a factory was no more meaningful than sales. So, he discussed with the company’s business manager whether he could do business work and become a salesperson outside. Han Lei was told, "Unless you stay in the company until your hair turns white, you will never have a chance to be a salesperson."
Han Lei did not want to waste his time, so at his father’s recommendation, he joined Procter & Gamble. Procter & Gamble is a famous...