There is a saying that "a child who cries gets milk." This sentence seems to be confirmed in the workplace. From this point of view, being a "docile little sheep" in the workplace seems to be in danger of becoming a "low-wage earner". But don't jump to conclusions so quickly. According to career planners, there are six types of people who are most likely to become low-wage earners.
It is difficult to raise salary, so the best policy is to try to protect salary first, and then wait for the opportunity to realize "seek an increase while maintaining stability". Therefore, the best policy is not to let yourself become a low-wage earner at the moment! Come and see if you are among them, if so, take action and jump out!
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1. A docile little sheep, a person with no independent opinions
If the boss asks her to make A, she will make A, and if asked to make B, she will never make C. If she is asked for her opinion on modifications or optimizations, she will say that this is good. In fact, the boss had a lot of opinions about her attitude. Although there was nothing wrong with her, over time, the boss was unwilling to give her big tasks.
Expert advice:
Some employees in the workplace dare to speak out. Although they have to speak with a certain degree of restraint, they are actually a group of people with more ideas. Career planners believe that if you want to get a high salary and develop, you must dare to innovate. Doing things must not be like squeezing out toothpaste. The boss tells you to do a little bit. In this way, you will always stay at one level and it will be difficult to make a breakthrough. Innovation, ideas, and passion are all factors that are beneficial to the team. Such people will be welcomed in the team. People who are too passive often find it difficult to get more opportunities.
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2. People who hide when trouble comes and are not responsible
D has been working as an administrator for several years, but there has been no development and the salary is not high. He often resented this and felt that his boss was "exploiting" him with evil intentions. Therefore, whenever the company needed his support for project tasks, he would hide away in a cunning manner, and secretly often laugh at his busy colleagues. D always only does his own job, gets off work when the time comes, and refuses to do more than that. He thought: "With this salary, if you do more, you will suffer a loss." Expert advice: "If you want to get a salary of 20,000 yuan, you must have a 20,000 yuan style in doing things." Career planners point out that what determines your salary is your core competitiveness. To reflect your personal business value, you have to rely on your own strength. Take the initiative to take on tasks and make achievements, and your value will naturally be revealed. If you only do "the immediate things", you will never be appreciated by your boss, and you will never have the opportunity to get a high salary.
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3. People who are "a hammer in the east and a stick in the west", people without career plans
He himself feels that he is the legendary "IT migrant worker" with no development at all. My salary has never been increased three or four years ago, and I often work overtime, making my life very difficult.
Expert advice:
Eighty percent of the professionals who come to the career planning consultation center complain about low salary and lack of job development. Preliminary statistics show that 90% of them have unclear career positioning and no career planning plan to support long-term development, which has hindered their development and their salaries have been hovering at low levels for a long time.Career planning instructors suggest that in a career field that is suitable for you, make a development plan for about ten years, have clear development channels and stage goals, and accumulate on one "point" for a long time, so that your career development can steadily increase, and your salary will also increase steadily.
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4. "Workplace sticky notes", people with low efficiency in doing things
Many of the seniors in the sales department are talented people in the company. The company's income depends on them, and their status is naturally "superior" to others. A newcomer like T can only be asked to do things, such as buying coffee, ordering takeout, typing and copying, delivering documents... she is asked to do it all. T never dared to say "no". She accepted all the work that others didn't want to do, even if she worked overtime, she had no choice but to accept her fate. What's even worse is that despite having done so much, she's still not popular with everyone. Her boss can't see her performance, and her salary is at the bottom of the company.
Expert advice:
If you don't know your functional position in the company and can't distinguish the priorities of things, naturally others will stick "post-it notes" for convenience. Career planners believe that if you want to tear off the label of "Post-it Notes", you must clarify your career goals, work around the goals, and manage time well, build your own core competitiveness, learn to be independent, and slowly shift from "taking others' evaluation as the standard" to the "self-affirmation and denial" motivation model, and gradually get rid of this passive and negative situation.
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5. People who like to say "impossible" and have insufficient abilities
W works in network technology in an e-commerce company, and often has to deal with unplanned emergencies. Maybe W feels that his boss demands too much, or maybe he refuses to deal with these annoying unexpected situations in disguise. He often responds with "impossible" and often cites many situations and reasons why he cannot achieve his goals. Over time, the boss also became disgusted with these words and had doubts about W's ability.
Expert advice:
"There are at least three or more solutions to anything. Saying: impossible too easily will only leave the impression of poor ability over time and limit personal thinking in consciousness." Career planners remind people in the workplace that saying less "impossible" and more thinking about solutions to problems is a good way to exercise abilities and improve skills. In the process of trying to find solutions to problems, it can stimulate the sense of innovation and exploration and drive enthusiasm. If the feasibility of the current task is denied in one sentence, then it will be difficult for any development to achieve a breakthrough. Personal career development will be hindered by negative consciousness and attitudes, and salary increases will really be "impossible".
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6. "Workplace lumps", people who can't share the boss's worries
However, Once, the boss asked him to accompany him to a dinner party to take an order from a big customer. However, Therefore, in the past two or three years, X has always been in the "old position with the same salary."
Expert advice:
In the workplace, you must not only have your own core competitiveness and impressive results, but also learn how to behave. Promotion and salary increase are mainly based on work performance, and supplemented by personal performance. If you gain the boss's trust, share your boss's worries, and solve development problems, you must be a person of value to the company and the boss. Why worry about not being important, why worry about not having a high salary?
Postscript: Living in this era of struggle, development is not easy, and salary increases are also difficult. Don't let yourself become a "low-wage family", otherwise won't there be no hope for life? Do your current job well, complain less, create more achievements, and behave more responsibly. This is actually the ultimate secret to getting a high salary.
