In 1983 I should have been brought up on charges of Dereliction of Duty while serving at my first base as a Security Police Officer! My friends and I decided not to obey an order to stay on base over our days off and instead snuck out to go drinking.
We were all caught and only reprimanded because there were too many of us and it would have affected the readiness of the mission to put 25 men in jail from the same flight.
In the Military Dereliction of Duty is a very serious offense and in all likely hood if charged you could go to jail. As a minimum you will lose rank or position.
Dereliction of duty in the work force refers to a failure to conform to rules of one’s job, which will vary by tasks involved. It is a failure or refusal to perform assigned duties in a satisfactory manner. Dereliction of duty on the part of an employee may be cause for disciplinary action, which will vary by employer.
Based on this definition we can surmise that over 70% of the American Workforce could be charged with Dereliction of Duty! This is based on the annual study that shows most workers do not like what they are doing and causes over $500 Billion in lost revenue each year to the American Economy.
We cannot as a society charge 70% of the work force for the same reason they could not do it to me and my friends in the military – there are too many!
Most workers are not preforming all the duties of their jobs, as outlined in the employee handbook they signed, because they are disinterested, disengaged and frustrated from having to go to work each day.
Work has become an unfair punishment that society has placed on us therefore we rationalize its okay to cheat the job and customers our companies serve.
My friends and I did the same thing in the Military. We sat around complaining about being over worked and how unfair it was to ask us to stay on base so we began to tell ourselves the lie that it was the right thing to do.
Your job might not be fair at times but that does not give us permission to cheat and steal from the companies we work for.
I have found over the past 40 years in the work force that it’s my attitude towards work that is the deciding factor.
Are you part of the 70% who are in Dereliction of Duty or the 30% who are the driving force of the Economy and the ones making it possible for the 70% to have a job?
Find Your Passion and You Will Find Your Life!