The Modern-Day Definition of a Career

[Yavin4]

If you are directly responsible for money coming into an organization, then you have a career. Otherwise, you are a temp who will eventually be replaced either by technology or someone cheaper.

Your experience does not matter. Your skills do not matter. Your education does not matter. Your senority does not matter. The only thing that matters is whether you can bring in money to the organization.

That is all.

[thunder rising]

1. Honest to God, if I were a kid right now looking at choices. I'd be an Evangelist. That's a flock

that needs it's money taken away.

[Fresh_Start]

2. or a politician

using the same rationale

[Deja Q]

3. Cynical but not inaccurate

Oh, if people do bring in money, then they should be well rewarded for doing so. Isn't that part of capitalism? Or just a segue from a Looney Tunes cartoon?

[Berry Cool]

4. Not so.

Ask, for example, lawyers who have been directly responsible for bringing billable hours into their firm, but were let go anyway because they didn't meet quota. Or sales people whose sales figures were not high enough. People like that, too, are expendable.

It's not just whether or not you bring in money, it's whether you bring in ENOUGH money.

[Yavin4]

9. Lawyers Who Have A Book of Business Are Coveted

Billable hours are meaningless. What matters is bringing in clients that will pay. Salesman who bring in money are also valued.

[Berry Cool]

10. Well, of course they have to be able to collect.

What do you think big corporate lawyers spend the last three months of each year doing? Practicing law? It is to laugh. They're on the phone, dunning clients.

[ThoughtCriminal]

5. A story comes to mind

About a company that decided to cut expenses by firing the highest paid 25%(?) store employees. Problem: they were working on commission.

[Hawkowl]

6. Your integrity does not matter

I would add that to the list of qualities. In fact integrity could very well be detrimental to advancing your career.

[blues90]

7. It's like Death of a Salesman in the 21st century

[RagAss]

8. a story comes to mind....about 1917 Russia.

[truedelphi]

12. + 1 n/t

[Kievan Rus]

11. There are no real jobs out there anymore