Money & Employment
The Value/Purpose Of An Education
I came across an article today that focuses on the declining value of getting a college education — for some vocations. In relation to that, I have a family member who started university taking one path, and changed after a year to the business faculty, realizing in that first year that what they were pursuing would not “pay off” in the end. As it turns out, they haven’t yet been able to find a great-paying career-type job in their field, so have felt that their university experience was “a waste of time and money.”
It costs a lot of money to attend university, and if the intent of the facility, the faculty and the students is to have the students employable in a higher-salary range, what happens if this doesn’t occur? Where does the responsibility lay?
I know that often educational institutes have to examine trends, and make recommendations on paths to follow for the end-result being a high salary. Sometimes it is to meet a rising need — ie shortage of nurses, right now — and sometimes, it is just to entice people into fields because of the income potential.
If money didn’t exist…if it wasn’t an element in our decision-making process, and we were moved to go where our passion lay, I wonder how many people in our educational institutions would be in a different faculty, or not at that educational institute at all?
Let’s pause for a moment with that thought…what would YOU be doing right now, if money wasn’t a factor in your passion?
To your prosperity,
Sue
Don’t Shoot The Messenger
I’m staying at my sweetie’s parent’s place right now (will write about that story in another posting), and one of the gifts in staying here is that they don’t have a television. Instead, they read, and listen to the CBC radio, which remains on from morning til late night.
Upon arising this morning, I was greeted with an interview on the radio of two people — one who work(ed) for a food supply company, and one who works for a hospital (as a janitor) in BC. The story is around a rat infestation in both of those workplaces, and how it first came to light, how it progressed, what each of the interviewees roles was in that process (ie told their bosses right away, really cared about the workplace, etc). One of the fellows (in the food supply company) was let go for his role in caring about the problem, and the other fellow was given a very difficult time, but recently received a letter saying they would not pursue the issue any further, and his job was safe.
When asked what the real issue was, the fellow from the food supply company stated it was the money factor — that it was a dollars and cents issue, and instead of spending $200 to fix the problem in it’s infancy, they only felt like investing $50 dollars, and it escalated to the point of tons of food being infested. Hmmm….
And a lesson to all other staff from that management that if you “whistleblow” about a problem, you WILL lose your job. The interviewees discussed the fear in the workplace, and that employees were too afraid to say anything, despite the consequences to the workplace and the impact on the consumer, as well as putting their own health at risk.
Interesting…
To your prosperity,
Sue