Work Ethics?

Why are there so many people who don't appreciate their job? Sure there are days when I am uber-stressed and have alot on my plate, but I'm always able to find the positive in the situation. Be it a new challenge for me personally, or seeing my team grow, there's always the silver lining! I LOVE my job! I never thought I'd be 25 and still working in the restaurant industry, but there isn't a day that goes by without me feeling grateful and blessed with my job. I don't expect everyone else to have the same passion as I do, but I am shocked when people just don't care anymore.

An employee quit today because of a new job opportunity and gave me two days advance notice. In my restaurant, it isn't easy to lose somebody because I physically need a body to cover those scheduled shifts. Not only is it frustrating that I'm scrambling to re-adjust the schedule, but this was an Assistant Manager that left on those terms and hoped that I would employ her again after her new 30-day temp job ends. Yeah, right! I don't take it personally, but it just seriously offends me when people have no respect. J and I both work in the restaurant industry and feel so strongly that there just aren't very many hard-working people anymore. It's frustrating to have strong work ethics and then struggle to employ people with similar qualities-- this is one of my ongoing complaints about people in my generation.

So to those of you reading this, appreciate your jobs. Appreciate that you have qualities that an employer saw and sought after. Appreciate that there are people struggling to feed their families and you are making money to make sure that doesn't happen. Appreciate that there are people above you, whether they constantly show you or not, whose jobs/stress levels/sanity depend on how honest of an employee you are. I hope that everyone can learn to be passionate about their jobs, but if you aren't, at least be tactful and respectful to those above and below you.

A little bit of life... appreciate everything. And always try to put yourself in another person's shoes before making a decision.