Have you ever wondered how an employer and employee think differently especially towards end month? It is a few days to end month right? What are you looking forward to? Receiving your hard earned salary yeah? What is the employer thinking about? Where will the salaries, rent etc come from?
With 6 days to go, an employer like me is praying for a client to walk in and make a payment that will hopefully offset the outstanding expenses.When I was employed, I did my work faithfully but at times when Kenya Power decided to ration the electricity, I didn't mind, I only got upset if I lost my unsaved work. In business, having no lights means nothing would go on. I would frantically call their emergency number to find out what the problem was and when lights were expected back.
I miss the free use of internet, printing paper, photocopier? One would research, download without a care. Now, I ask myself. Is it worth downloading? How long with my orange card last this month? I write emails offline just to save and make it last as long as it can. How tables turn ?
I used to look forward to end of day and going home when employed. Once you step out of work, you think about it the next day. Don't get me wrong, I love going home to my family, but at times the day is so quiet and you wonder whether there is a client stuck in traffic coming to your shop?You go home wondering whether tomorrow will be a better day than today.
Oh how I miss applying for leave days.Now as the sole employee/employer, I would love to close shop and take a holiday. For now, I look forward to my Saturday afternoons, Sundays and if there is a public holiday even better. In starting a business, there are sacrifices that need to be made and for me this is just one of them for now. Someone reminded me the other day that Rome was not build in one day. They said , we see all these third/fourth generation businesses and envy them but forget that they started from scratch. Somebody somewhere in the forgotten past, sacrificed for it to be where it is today. Sometimes I wish that Rome can be built in one day, but most times I understand that this business is not for me, it is for generations to come. It is the legacy we shall leave for our children.
All in all , I still love my job, with its challenges and achievements. I know that one day, it will grow and things will change. For now ,am doing my countdown to end month and praying that clients come.
With 6 days to go, an employer like me is praying for a client to walk in and make a payment that will hopefully offset the outstanding expenses.When I was employed, I did my work faithfully but at times when Kenya Power decided to ration the electricity, I didn't mind, I only got upset if I lost my unsaved work. In business, having no lights means nothing would go on. I would frantically call their emergency number to find out what the problem was and when lights were expected back.
I miss the free use of internet, printing paper, photocopier? One would research, download without a care. Now, I ask myself. Is it worth downloading? How long with my orange card last this month? I write emails offline just to save and make it last as long as it can. How tables turn ?
I used to look forward to end of day and going home when employed. Once you step out of work, you think about it the next day. Don't get me wrong, I love going home to my family, but at times the day is so quiet and you wonder whether there is a client stuck in traffic coming to your shop?You go home wondering whether tomorrow will be a better day than today.
Oh how I miss applying for leave days.Now as the sole employee/employer, I would love to close shop and take a holiday. For now, I look forward to my Saturday afternoons, Sundays and if there is a public holiday even better. In starting a business, there are sacrifices that need to be made and for me this is just one of them for now. Someone reminded me the other day that Rome was not build in one day. They said , we see all these third/fourth generation businesses and envy them but forget that they started from scratch. Somebody somewhere in the forgotten past, sacrificed for it to be where it is today. Sometimes I wish that Rome can be built in one day, but most times I understand that this business is not for me, it is for generations to come. It is the legacy we shall leave for our children.
All in all , I still love my job, with its challenges and achievements. I know that one day, it will grow and things will change. For now ,am doing my countdown to end month and praying that clients come.
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