My Last Assignment in my Last Class. Going out with some fun!

1. THE EMOTIONAL STATE OF AN EMPLOYEE

2. POTENTIAL EMPLOYEE
After reviewing many job profiles, talking with several headhunters, and
shaking the hands at many job fairs, a potential employee has submitted applications to
quite a few companies he or she feels they would make a good fit. A manager out there
somewhere believes that the application matches the job their business needs to fill.
Without the knowledge of the candidate, her or his application has made it to the top of
the pile and is waiting for a phone call to schedule an interview.

3. HUNGRY CANDIDATE
After receiving a phone call and scheduling the interview, a very hungry
candidate digs back through all the notes, emails, and websites to gather the information
needed for the interview. Research is done on the company and the list of skills that he
or she may not fully remember or even ever know at all. The best outfit is pressed,
prayers are said, and a restless night of thoughts about how the interview will never
actually go will finally end around 4 am. The alarm will go off, and regrets will be made
that the interview was made so early in the day.

4. HAPPY CANDIDATE
Either the applicate aced the interview or go back to slide 2. The growling
tummy of a hungry candidate says to take the offer, even though everything he or she
has learned is to play hardball. Now with the calculator in hand and a foot out the door,
the question is if a celebratory lunch can be at McDonalds or Applebee’s. How much
are taxes again? Why can’t the first day be sooner? A double cheeseburger sounds good
enough.

5. EAGAR EMPLOYEE
The first day is finally here. Access is denied to most of what is needed, but there is
plenty to read. The people are nice and helpful. Does anyone have a dictionary of all the
acronyms? Somehow, a week of training modules and shadowing others has gone by, and a little
work is given. Another week of staring at emails, more acronyms, training stuff that does not
pertain to the job, and all access has final been granted. Is it payday yet, everyone else is going
out to lunch, and roman noodles were not even good in college.

6. FED EMPLOYEE
Gas to get here, business attire, and a new computer bag has got the savings account
bone dry. Waiting four weeks, because they hold a paycheck, has given ‘broke’ a whole new
meaning. The meeting next door has leftovers, can the new kid take some home? Yes, it is for
the dog. The first paycheck is gone without one trip to the grocery store, so the economic
weight loss program is still in effect. The next check, six weeks in, gives a few extra. Where is
the closest buffet?

7. HEALTHY EMPLOYEE
Ninety days has gone by, and the bills are getting paid. Insurance has been selected.
Doctors have been chosen. Even a PTO day has been taken. It was a stomach bug, not a
hangover, promised. The time has come to take off early to get that physical and maybe a flu
shot. Maybe some time for some retail therapy, too.

8. KNOWLEDGE EMPLOYEE
The job is getting easier. All the acronyms are making sense and job tasks are getting
completed with less help. More responsibilities are given and more training. More job tasks are
getting done. Company knowledge, industry knowledge, skill sets, and general job experiences
are stacking up day after day. Confidence is growing.

9. PROFITABLE EMPLOYEE
This employee is adding value to the company. In baseball, there is a place on the bat
that when the ball is hit at that exact spot, it will go further than any other spot. This is called the
sweet spot. For a company, this is the sweet spot for an employee. When the experiences, task,
learning, and pay are at its highest potential. Employees and companies are both profitable.
Both are feeling well served by each other.

10. TEMPTED EMPLOYEE
Other companies will want a piece of your customer’s profits as much as they will want
a piece of your employee’s skills. Every company acknowledges the profits received by clients,
but what is often not seen is the investment lost when an employee leaves. Great companies and
great employees should hold on to each other and grow together. However, it is inevitable that a
ceiling will be reached when a company cannot offer the path or pay an employee’s career may
need to take her or him. The sad goodbye is unavoidable.

11. EX-EMPLOYEE
A smart employee would have the next job lined up before asking for each raise just in
case the offer is not met. With years of confident building Okays, that may not be the case. So, a
very upset employee is out the door with a box of personal items and one last check to come.
For security reasons companies have found that once an offer has been denied, it is more
dangerous to keep someone around. So they are asked to gather his or her things and leave.
Tears in the eyes, calculator in hand (How long until the checking account runs out?), and a
quick smirk, then out of the parking lot and back to slide 2.