You Just Got Traded At Your Job

Now I know that many robshep.com readers are not NBA fans, but I also know that many robshep.com readers have a job. If you have a job, want to have a job, or will one day have a job then I hope you enjoy this despite it's inspiration.

Last Thursday was the NBA trade deadline. At the last minutes teams made trades to hopefully make themselves better. It made me think about why other jobs don't make trades and or run their business like a pro sports team. For example...

• Free Agency - In the job world if you leave a job for a better job your former employee gets nothing. In the NBA that's what we call free agents. Sometimes teams make trades because a player is going to be a free agent and is at the end of his contract. Which brings me to...
• Contracts - I wonder how much more productive people would be if they worked for contracts. If you sign a big contract but don't preform your boss or company has the right to cut you after the contract expires. But if you do preform it could equal a bigger contract.
• Trades - If there is someone that you want at your job instead of trying to steal them from their current job you have to trade for them. If they are really valued then you might have to give up a lot. You want a top level executive you might have to give up 3 mid level executives, two interns, and a janitor.
• All Star Games - Ok so I know that this works for sports because fans want to watch it, but how fun would it be to be a part of an All Star meeting? If you live in America then you could split the teams from East and West. Whatever you do for a job you are paired with the best from your region and compete to do what you do against other All Stars. If you work at 7-11 it could be Slurpee clean ups. If you work in an office it could be competitions to see who can work with difficult employees or figuring out a way for people to cook food at the office kitchen and it not stink up the entire office. If you are a teacher then you see what team can keep the attention of a 4th grade boy with ADHD and an over protective mother who won't put him on medicine. If you work at Waffle House then you could compete to see who can drop the food on the floor and pick it up before the costumers see it. Or you could have a teeth counting competition to see which team has the most teeth. I kid I kid. I like Waffle House.
• Off Seasons - Jobs don't have off seasons and I think they should. It doesn't have to be long but it would be nice to have a mandatory break where you rest and get ready for the next season of your job.
• Practice and coaches. Practice makes perfect but most jobs don't have a weekly practice. Most jobs also don't have coaches that make you better. You either get praise or you get in trouble

So that's my list. What did I miss? What do pro sports teams have that regular jobs should have?