How can I ask my employees to do their best and be loyal if their simple rights are not being met? How can I ask them to do their best if they do not receive proper training? Ahmad and Hamed are two friends who graduated together from the same college. They both became sixth grade civil servants and were given the same title and job. After 15 years, Ahmad was promoted and given further training. Meanwhile, Hamed remained doing the same job.
Apart from being hardworking, there are many reasons why Ahmad was promoted. We know that tribalism plays an important role in deciding a person’s job prospects here.
An official once broke the rule by insisting on promoting an employee on the basis of tribal affiliations. Officials are also known to promote employees because they do them favors.
Hamed was an ideal employee, but was naïve to believe that he lived in the perfect society. He thought administration rules were there to hand promotions to hardworking employees and punish those who are lazy.
Hamed was focused when he started his career. He was serious and hardworking. He insisted on developing his skills and actively came up with helpful suggestions.
Years passed and Hamed noticed that lazy employees who performed poorly would receive promotions and be sent for further training. However, he remained where he was and became frustrated. He then became lazy, and began missing work and leaving early. He hardly smiles and spends most of his time reading newspapers and drinking tea. Nowadays, he is primarily concerned with receiving his salary at the end of the month.
The story of Hamed and Ahmad is not fiction. We see the same scenario in most government offices. According to a study conducted by www.bayt.com, which is the Middle East’s leading job-related website, Saudi Arabia recorded the lowest rate in employee satisfaction.
Forty percent of Saudi employees are not satisfied with their jobs while 46 percent are not loyal to their employers.
This study is correct. How can I ask an employee to be dedicated and loyal when his basic rights are not being met? How can I ask them to be talented and creative in the jobs they do when they are overlooked for promotion and further training? How can I ask them to be good in what they do when training opportunities and promotions are handed to undeserving people who are related to the manager?
The frustration and anger of employees, who are deprived of what they deserve, is the reason behind the delay of development. This situation must be fixed and developed. Hard workers must be rewarded and the lazy ones should be punished.
