chapter 15

I think that this chapter has some good insight and I am very surprised by how many companies integrate  career development into their workplace. This seems useful in creating an environment where the employees are treated fairly and are taken into consideration.

My question is whether these services are given to all employees or just the top employees. For example, my mother is given some benefits at Save-a-Lot headquarters, but is mostly treated with less respect than those above her. During a huge layoff within the company, she was moved to a different department -international. She was given some training, but not much. She is actually still doing part of her old job as well because the woman who took over is incompetent. They did not consider that she cannot run between her two offices all day due to rheumatoid arthritis. She has mentioned to me that she is required to take classes and workshops on how to perform new tasks or more effectively  do things such as give presentations, but not specifically to greatly impact her career development. Strangely enough, she plans diversity meetings, but only the big shots are invited. Save-a-Lot can only be blamed so much for this issue. They are financially unstable and are cutting corners (such as the signs posted in the bathroom limiting paper towel use, although classy drinks and dinners for the big shots is not  limited), so career development is not on their priority list. I assume they will not aid in her quickly approaching transition into retirement. The company did have the benefit of hiring summer interns of employees, although this has also been cut. I took advantage one year and quit after 10 days because I cannot focus in a cubicle with a marketing guy yelling about plastic wrap on the phone so that the entire room can hear his conversation. I vowed never to work in a cubicle or business atmosphere ever again. Not my forte.



Brown, D.  (2012).  Career information, career counseling, and career development (10th ed.).  New York: Pearson Education, Inc.