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Is
Your Corporate Job Using You Up?
Corporate
Burnout
 Do
you dread getting up to face another
day at work? You're not alone. In
fact, you may well be in the majority.
Corporate burnout is becoming so
widespread throughout the US and
other countries that people travel
the country giving seminars on how
to handle job burnout and make workers
feel less stressed. Of course, you've
probably heard the drill-"Learn
to work smarter, not harder"...
"Be a team player"...
"It came down from the higher-ups"...
"In the end this will help
us reach our goals and we'll get
fat bonuses."
Of course, the goals
set for many corporate employees are
so unrealistic that the bonuses they
hold out for never materialize. Perhaps
you hit 8 out of 9 targets, but sorry,
you don't get the prize because you
didn't hit that last, totally impossible
ninth one. Sometimes it feels like
you're working in some sort of absurd
carnival sideshow. It's no wonder
you don't feel very committed to a
corporation that treats you like a
slave. How can you feel loyal when
there's so little appreciation?
Mega-Stress
The unrelenting stress of a high-pressure
job can lead to numerous health problems
as well- hypertension, heart attacks,
backaches, anxiety, headaches, depression,
and even addiction to drugs or alcohol,
either as a way to try to stay energized
and "up" to complete excessive
workloads, or as a self-medicating
attempt to relax when you finally
have some time for yourself.
To add to the stress,
stories of layoffs by major corporations
are announced every month.
In 2006, 1,500,000 workers were pink-slipped
in mass layoffs ("mass"
meaning more than 50 employees at
a time). Rumors circulate constantly
about what the top management is doing
now, what changes are in the wind.
Companies are "reorganizing."
They're "outsourcing" or
selling out to another company. Or
they've gone bankrupt-only to reappear
overseas, employing workers for a
tiny percentage of their American
counterparts' salaries.
 Fat
Cats and Sad Sacks
Average, everyday workers like you
are the ones who bear the brunt of
these kinds of changes. CEO's and
other top executives just keep rolling
in the dough-even those at companies
you wouldn't think of as "blue
chip." For example, in 2005,
the annual pay package of Dollar General's
CEO, David Perdue, was $3,314,901
(as reported by The Corporate Library).
An American worker earning an average
salary would have to work until
the year 2135 to make what Perdue
makes in one year. But frankly, this
guy is small-time. The average total
compensation for a CEO of a Standard
& Poor's 500 company in 2005 was
$13.51 million-over four times
what Perdue made, and a 16% raise
over the year before. Did you get
a 16% raise recently?
Like many of your
co-workers, you probably feel angry,
undervalued, underpaid, and exhausted
when you think about stories like
these. Few salaried employees in corporate
America work a traditional 40-hour
week. Many put in 50, 60, even 70
hours to meet the demands of their
superiors. Hourly workers are cut
off at 40 hours or less so the company
can avoid paying overtime-and you
know who takes up the slack. (Meanwhile,
those hourly workers may have to work
an additional job-at straight-time
pay, of course.)
The "blame
culture" that has developed in
our society extends into the corporate
world as well. ("It's her
fault we have to work so late. If
only she'd do her job like I do!")
Feelings of competition and worries
about favoritism increase feelings
of anger and powerlessness.
What's the Alternative?
There is a way NOT to let all these
other people control your life and
hold power over your economic survival
and lifestyle. You can take control
of your own life by becoming your
own boss. Ironically, as you've become
more and more disenchanted with your
corporate job, you have also been
learning what kind of job you need
to be happy.
Are these some of
the aspects you would include on your
list of ideal job conditions?
 The
freedom to set your own hours.
Choosing
how to handle situations yourself
instead of deferring to a "company
policy" that you find
ridiculous.
The
liberty to spend time with your friends
and family without having to beg for
time off.
Working
in comfortable clothing in a location
you choose.
Excellent
pay that is determined by the amount
of work you put in.
You're
steering your own course-no worries
about someone else determining your
future.
 Have
You Got What it Takes?
You already know you deserve more
than your corporate employer will
ever provide. Ironically, during all
those excessive hours of work for
them, you've honed valuable
business skills that you can put to
work as you build your own business.
The difference is, you will reap the
rewards. It's kind of like being your
very own CEO.
As long as
you have a genuine desire to
empower yourself, to live the kind
of life you've always dreamed of,
we can show you our easy system that
will start you on the road to success.
This is a legitimate business opportunity
that has the potential to bring you
more wealth and independence than
you've ever dreamed of. As long as
you've got a computer and a phone,
the only other things you are going
to need are a longing for personal
freedom and a desire for financial
security. You've already got
what it takes-so fill out the web
form below for more information. It's
absolutely free...and it could be
the first step toward
Sincerely,
Dianne Edgar
0431 480 795
dianne@AbundanceIsFreedom.com
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