My Values And Their Salary

By alik levin

How to attract best talent? What is my next job like? Salary is a huge factor but not the only one. Would I work for tons of money doing job I hate? For me the answer is "no". I turned down few big $$ offers, no regrets. I did so since offered job or the culture did not resonate with me enough. Values represent what I am, it represent what organizational culture is like. It must match. These are my current values.

  • Be on the edge – constantly learn and research, never stop learning. Self improvement is never ending process.
  • Loyalty – know your alma mater’s strengths and weaknesses. Be honest with the customers for both.
  • Share the knowledge among the team and with the customers – do not keep anything under my sleeves.
  • Provide first class service – strive to exceed your customers’ expectations.
  • Look for new opportunities – be thirsty to explore new challenging horizons. Doing the same is boring.
  • Optimize processes – internal and with the customers, save on logistics and other non-productive activities. Focus on results and less the processes.
  • Invest in high ROI activities – be impactful.
  • Open discussions – establish shared vision.
  • Flat organization  - no bosses and reports, only team players and roles and their respective accountabilities.

Recruiters - make sure to review it before calling me, potential candidates too.

Things only have the value that we give them” -  Moliere



4 comments ↓

#1 edward on 12.31.07 at 9:58 am

You dream!

#2 alik on 12.31.07 at 7:41 pm

My new boss told me “Aim for the stars. If you don’t quite make it chances are you will have still hit the sky!”. Cool, huh?
W/r to the post - I live and breath it, no joke. That is why I love my job. That is why I turned few offers down lately.

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