Money is Not The Biggest Motivation for (an Effective!) Work

Nag-attend ako ng Birthday Party ng inaanak ko few days ago. It was wonderful to be reunited with some Highschool classmates and my kumare and their kids.

I’ve had a chat with one of my kumare who just resigned from her job, and until now she says to me how awful her experience was with her boss. Alam ninyo bang compared to her previous jobs, she was being paid double the salary pero hindi siya nagtagal and just lasted for less than a month.

Kahit na ang laki ng sweldo niya, hindi niya matiis ang treatment sa kanya ng kanyang boss. Kung pera lang din ang motivation niya para pumasok ng trabaho, titiisin na niya, pero she has been degraded and humiliated at times, at hindi na niya makaya ito kaya umalis na siya.

Sabi niya, at times, hindi pa man niya duty time, she is required to be answering the phone whenever the boss calls at any time during the day, at pagagalitan kagad kapag hindi siya nakasagot kahit saan pa at kung anuman ang ginagawa niya. Sabi pa niya na merong times na she is already doing a report at the moment at biglang may ipapatong na ipagagawa ulit sa kanya at an impossible deadline!

Ang masama pa nito, kapag pinagagalitan siya, he would have a long lecture of the boss’s school records, his degrees and accomplishments, at parang ang tingin sa mga subordinates niya inferior and nothing better than him.

What he didn’t know was she reported to a higher boss about this boss’s  attitude and after few days, nalaman niya na he got fired din from his job. Tinanong ko kung babalik pa siya, at sabi niya na hindi na rin siya babalik dahil napahiya na rin siya sa harap ng iba pang employees.

She didn’t even need to work kasi her husband working abroad is supporting her financially naman pero dahil nakatapos naman siya and she doesn’t want to be bored at home lang kaya she decided to keep herself busy with work. When I look at her talagang parang traumatized siya sa napagdaanan niya duon sa work na yun! What a sad story!

When I used to handle a team of mine when I was supervising a group of nine subordinates’ years ago, I learned that each person has a different motivation to be really effective at work! Not all of them aspire for a leadership position and be promoted and get a higher compensation. Just as most of us think as this is the one and only goal: To climb the corporate ladder.

One person‘s motivation could be:

1.       Time for Family or Oneself - Getting a good break time or fixed day off is enough

2.       Belongingness – A sense or a feeling of being accepted as a part of a team working in one goal

3.       Looking for a change of routine and want to rotate to a different department or could be training for a new skill

4.       Recognition – People are hungry for being acknowledged or praised

5.       Being trusted for An Additional Assignment or Extra Task even it means an overtime

If you are already a Boss or a Supervisor of your team, observe and play into each person’s motivation. Most of the time, Money is one of them, but not the ultimate motivation especially if you are looking for a big improvement of your team not just in terms of sales but of career growth for yourself and for everybody.

Money incentive is definitely a plus, but respect and a fair treatment make any work worthwhile!

 

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