Should I Work For the Competition First to Learn the Ropes Before Starting My Oil Lube Business?
It used to be that if you wanted to learn a skill you got a job as an apprentice, and eventually after years of learning the trade you could go on to be a master craftsman.
Today, people try to cheat their way to the top as fast as possible, and they want instant gratification, recognition, and status.
I find this problematic as we already have too many unearned egos in the workplace, and in business.
It's beginning to cause a problem.
If you've ever owned your own business, you know that often employees will work for you, and then secretly go start their own business, then come to you and quit one day, while they try to contact all of your customers and steal them away.
This happens all the time in business, and it burns me up sometimes that people complain about business owners, when it's often the employees who should be called onto the carpet for unethical behavior.
Not long ago, I talked to someone who wanted to start their own mobile oil change company.
They wanted to continue to operate an existing business, one which was failing, and the owner was going to walk away from it.
They asked a very interesting question; where do they get the training.
You see, they didn't know anything about the business model or how to operate such a company.
They also did not want to pay a franchise fee to a franchising company to learn how.
They wondered if they should just go work for another company and get the knowledge that way.
Well, I wouldn't they might sue you for stealing their proprietary information but one might make sure any newly hired technicians have worked in the sector before however.
You see, what I am saying here is that if you go to work for another company with the intent on stealing their knowledge and quitting that is unfair and unethical, in some states you can be sued for it.
There are differences in how the courts and case law see this, most of which depends on if you work in a "right to work" state or not.
So, you need to know a little more whether you could get away with it legally.
Still, I see it as unethical, and would thus, I advise against it.
You see, not everyone has the moral ethic that is so necessary to succeed long-term in business.
Many people wish to take shortcuts, steal proprietary information, and cheat.
That's just too bad.
Indeed I hope you will please consider all this and think on it.
Today, people try to cheat their way to the top as fast as possible, and they want instant gratification, recognition, and status.
I find this problematic as we already have too many unearned egos in the workplace, and in business.
It's beginning to cause a problem.
If you've ever owned your own business, you know that often employees will work for you, and then secretly go start their own business, then come to you and quit one day, while they try to contact all of your customers and steal them away.
This happens all the time in business, and it burns me up sometimes that people complain about business owners, when it's often the employees who should be called onto the carpet for unethical behavior.
Not long ago, I talked to someone who wanted to start their own mobile oil change company.
They wanted to continue to operate an existing business, one which was failing, and the owner was going to walk away from it.
They asked a very interesting question; where do they get the training.
You see, they didn't know anything about the business model or how to operate such a company.
They also did not want to pay a franchise fee to a franchising company to learn how.
They wondered if they should just go work for another company and get the knowledge that way.
Well, I wouldn't they might sue you for stealing their proprietary information but one might make sure any newly hired technicians have worked in the sector before however.
You see, what I am saying here is that if you go to work for another company with the intent on stealing their knowledge and quitting that is unfair and unethical, in some states you can be sued for it.
There are differences in how the courts and case law see this, most of which depends on if you work in a "right to work" state or not.
So, you need to know a little more whether you could get away with it legally.
Still, I see it as unethical, and would thus, I advise against it.
You see, not everyone has the moral ethic that is so necessary to succeed long-term in business.
Many people wish to take shortcuts, steal proprietary information, and cheat.
That's just too bad.
Indeed I hope you will please consider all this and think on it.
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