The New Commodity: Long Hours and Hard Work
Computerworld, November 4
To succeed within your IT career, it is no longer enough just to work hard. After all, the number of U.S. workers not using all their vacation days is on the increase, and more workers are recording longer hours than ever before. Personal technology, rather than helping us get more work done more quickly, has actually led to an increase in work-related demands. As a result, long hours and hard work is the latest commodity, and their value is declining. Your goal should be to transform yourself into a value worker, so that you will be able to work smarter, not harder. Value workers are the type of employee that organizations view as indispensable to business success.
At a time when companies are cutting their staff budgets, fewer people will have to do even more work -- all the while worrying that their jobs will be the next to go. The natural tendency, of course, will be to pile on the hours in order to work longer and harder. An alternative strategy is to develop your reputation as a “value worker.” Be the last person your employer would want to let go -- not because you'll work more hours, but because your contribution to the organization consistently produces the best business results.
In order to do so, you need to learn how the work you are doing directly contributes to the business outcomes most valued by your employer. Once you know the answer to the above question, examine your daily work routine to see what portion of your day is spent creating business value. Spend a few minutes each day thinking and jotting down ideas. Generate some new kinds of business contributions that nobody else has come up with – and then be sure the right people are aware of your contributions.
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