26th Sep 2009
The employee that the boss absolutely loved
I was talking with a man the other day when I was on a job. This guy had been working with the company for about 18 years. You could tell that the guy was genuine. He wasn’t a beat around the bush kind of guy. He just told it like it was. You could tell this guy was pretty successful. I got to see his home. He lives in pretty large home in the suburbs tucked away a little bit from the hustle and bustle.
He lives in a pretty big split level home much bigger than the average split level. He has an attached four car garage with an apartment sized space above the garage. There was a huge fifth wheel camper parked out in his asphalt driveway. You could tell this guy had sunk some coin into that home and was proud of it.
He was telling me about how successful all of his sons were. He was proud that one of them owned a restaurant. Another was a male nurse. We got to talking about his family history and even his work history.
He told me that he liked working for his company and that he was the kind of guy that his boss could depend on. He said that he never really took a lot of time off of work. His boss calls him from time to time and needs someone who can go represent the company on out of town business functions. He gets asked to go out of state for a couple days to attend a trade show or something of that sort.
He told me that he has never once turned down his boss when he was asked to go to one of these trade shows. Not once. Apparently there have been a couple of times when he was notified of the show only one day ahead of time. Wow. Most people would throw a giant shit fit, but not this guy.
This guy looked at me and said “Listen, I make big money for the boss and he knows it. I am really dependable. He knows that whenever he needs me, I’ll come through for him.” I thought to myself, “No wonder this guy is making great money. Look at his attitude.” People like this are extremely rare. I knew immediately that this guy was super tight with his boss. There is no way his boss would ever let him leave the company.
Low and behold, the man told me that he would be retiring in a couple years. His boss has already talked with him about the subject. The boss has agreed to let him reduce the number of days he works each week to three. That’s right. The guy is only working three days a week now. To top that off, he is still getting his regular paycheck. What the? This guy doesn’t have to ask for a raise. He gets rewarded in paid time off because he is so valuable.
This guy has been so dependable over the years that his boss will bend over backwards and give him anything he wants to keep him working there. That is how valuable he is in his boss’ eyes. This is one happy man. It’s no wonder his sons are successful also. Look at the example this guy set for them.
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