“THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION – Which Organisation to Join?”

I received a comment on my previous post, “Tangible Visibility of Success – The Biggest Motivator”, where a point was mentioned about everyone getting opportunities but not knowing which is the right one. Grabbing an opportunity is a significant decision as doing so means leaving others & that decision shouldn’t be regretted. This decision can be pertaining to buying just one pair of shoes within Rs.500 or choosing an outfit to wear to an all important date. Then there are more serious decisions like, “Which Stream of Education to Choose”, “Which college to join” & then the BIG ONE….”Which company / organisation to join”.
Thanks to my profession again, I get to meet a lot of individuals seeking inputs for this BIG QUESTION. Thus thought of sharing my views on the aspects to be considered, thought of, deliberated upon, while making this BIG DECISION. So friends lets get to the drawing board & add some colours to the quest of finding a fitting answer to make the RIGHT CHOICE.
At a Macro Level, there are 4 factors which should be deliberated upon :
- Work (Kind of work, Learning etc) & Scalability
- Money
- Brand ( Stability, Market share, Infrastructure etc)
- Convenience (work Location, extended Timings, shifts, travel duration etc)

You need to find out the details about every factor mentioned above, evaluate what is most important for you & then make a choice accordingly, depending upon “Where your level is on the “Need Hieracrchy” and “Your Appetite for Risk”.

Some points are illustrated in detail as under :

A. Nature Of Job : Seek answers to “What would you be doing” rather than the Job Title or Designation. What skills sets that you possess would be put to use
B. Introspect : Ask yourself whether you would LIKE doing the activities involved consistently. Also seek an answer to How & whether would you be able to deliver & add value to the organisation as that is a key to getting more exposure & extracting learning.
C. Research / Deliberate Upon :

C.1. Career Succession Prospect : Research / connect with existing employees who have had extensive Career Growth, Job Enrichment, internally. Check on both Vertical & Horizontal growth prospects.

C.2. Financial & Strategic impetus : Research on the Funding, last 3 years financial record & Track record of Promotors / board members.

C.3. CAGR of the organisation as compared to its industry peers.

C.4. Attitude towards Out of Box thinking, Innovation & Novel Ideas.

C.5. Customer Service Quality, Track Record & Attitude - If you are able to get a feel of an organisation as a customer, then you would be able to figure out what the people perceive. This would enable you to ascertain the REPUTATION QUOTIENT of the organisation comprehensively.

C.6. Resource longevity and Quality – Its important to find out whether the existing employees have found reasons to stick to the company. It’s also important to know what kind of people you would work with.

C.7. Total Annual Compensation – All components / factors should be taken into account – Medical Support, Pension Policy, Stock Options (If Any), Education funding, Holiday Allowance, Flexible working, Maternity Benefits, Child Care Support etc.

Apart from all these take into consideration your Gut Feel, Your Instinct as well and Go On…Make Your Choice…Take the Plunge…your Decision would be the Right One..if not then work towards making it right.