More work

How does more work get created? Everyone is talking about creating new jobs and that hopes are high on the good amount of start-ups and new innovations that are entering the markets. Rovio is now employing hundreds of employees (in Finnish: palkansaaja) and every start-up should be like Rovio. Not to make any profit but employ great number of people and keep on growing.

How does more work get created in a company like Rovio? It gets created by need - naturally. The need comes from a company, its key personnel and investors finding certain tasks to be not in their field of expertise. These tasks need a person who is dedicated to the task and is willing to take this task and fulfil it to its greatest potential. When this person is found, the task becomes formally part of the business. It has to be included in the strategy and has to be considered when the next board meeting takes place.

Who decides when the empty whole should be filled? Well - usually it is the CEO that makes the decision, especially in smaller companies. But how it goes usually is that CEO creates a working round for the task so that all ‘free’ employees can try to manage the task and then when it is found to be too hard the hole is being filled with a new employee.

Who would really hire an Investment Director to a start-up. No-one.

 

Jobs are created through success. Success isn’t that easy, though. There should be more incentives for growth and success. A company should be able to try and fail without getting hammered. By taking a risk of hiring an employee to a start-up, the entrepreneur commits to a greater risk than he/she will, probably for the rest of the company’s lifeline. It is not only very, very expensive to hire an employee, it is also a big commitment. Labour unions and STTK are great places to find help and answers to questions regarding employment. Hiring an employee might be the best thing that happens to you and it also might be one of the worst things that happen to you. Either way you should always aim in creating more work because that is what is keeping our economy rolling.