Musings from Dennis #11: Who do you work for? When I was at Takashimaya Singapore as the Shopping Centre promotions manager, had to attend a compulsory afternoon training session organized by the HR dept for Managers and above. The trainer asked us all a question right from the get go: Who do you work for? Most of us replied that we worked for Takashimaya. Wrong he said. We work FOR ourselves only. And we work WITH Takashimaya to produce the results it expects. We bring to our employer our skillsets, experience etc and in turn they bring to us our renumeration like salary, benefits, and work exposure and opportunities to learn etc. It did change my perspective on work till today. Gone are those thoughts that tell me to end work on time (quiet quitting?) because the time I spend at work benefits just one person – ME. Clearly, I have gained, almost 30 years down to the road to where I am today.
