Great Place to Work

2009년도 즈음에 회사에서 사내블로그가 활발하게 운영될 때 썼던 것들을 남기기 위해 개인 블로그에 다시 올립니다. 회사와 관련된 민감한 내용은 삭제하고 기록을 남기고자 합니다.
당시에 저는 H/W 개발 엔지니어였습니다. 지금은 2023년이며 당시와는 많은 것들이 변했습니다. 대한민국의 노동법도 바뀌었고 사회적인 분위기 자체가 변해서 과거에 썼던 글들의 내용은 과거, 그 순간에 해당되며 현재와는 매우 다름을 알려드립니다.

 

회사에서 GWP Agent라는 역할을 맡게 되었다.
사실 GWP Agent 를 지원한 것도 아니고, 그냥 어쩌다 보니 내가 맡게 된 것이었다. 또한 그 시점은 2008년 가을쯤으로 기억한다. 이제까지 별 활동 없이 그냥 Agent 라는 이름만 달고 지냈었다.

이번에 하루짜리 간단한 교육을 받으면서 많은 것을 느꼈다. 또한 내가 속한 팀의 분위기, 부서원들의 생각들이 변해가면서 팀웍이 서서히 무너져 가고 있는 듯한 느낌은, 나만이 느끼는 것이 아니다. 모두가 그런 느낌을 받고 있다.

하나씩, 하나씩 나부터 변해보자.

가장먼저 구글에서 검색을 해 보았다.
가장 위에 아래의 Site가 떴다. http://www.greatplacetowork.com/ 이러한 조직이 있는지 오늘 처음 알았다.

 

 

 

자기네가 뭐하는 곳이냐를 설명 해 놓은, About Us의 링크를 따라가면 아래와 같은 글이 나온다.

 

The Great Place to Work® Institute
The Great Place to Work® Institute, Inc. is a research and management consultancy based in the U.S. with International Affiliate offices throughout the world.

At the Great Place to Work® Institute, we have been listening to employees and evaluating employers since 1980, to understand what makes a workplace great. We know that the foundation of every great workplace is trust between employees and management. Our ongoing research, measurement tools, and educational services have made us leaders in helping build high-trust workplaces.

We're Trust Specialists In a great workplace, trust manifests itself in every relationship. Managers believe that employees want to be productive, encouraging them to participate in the business. Employees are enthusiastic and passionate about their work and the company's mission. In a high-trust environment, people cooperate and collaborate, leading to positive workplace interactions, higher profits, and greater productivity.

At the Great Place to Work® Institute, our employee-centered model has been recognized for more than 20 years as a clear, comprehensive representation of the importance of trust in creating great workplace relationships.

Our approach, research on workplace practices, extensive database of Best People Practices, and underlying Great Place to Work® Model©, all serve as the basis for our services aimed at optimizing your workplace environment through a focus on trust.

We support your efforts to build trust The Great Place to Work® Institute brings together the expertise, methodological rigor, and proprietary tools that can help you turn your workplace environment into a powerful source of competitive strength - while creating collaborative, successful relationships among people at all levels of your organization.

Building trust in relationships between employees and management helps your workplace to operate more effectively, serving as a source of enduring advantage for your organization.

 

머 한마디로 컨설팅 그룹이라고 볼 수 있겠다.
평가를 하고, 전세계, 대륙별, 국가별로 Best Company 순위를 매기고...
각 회사들이 진정한 GWP가 될 수 있도록 컨설팅을 해주는 곳이다.

당분간은 이 사이트를 계속 들락 날락 하게 될 것 같다.

 

사이트에 위와 같은 글이 있다.

employees Trust the people they work for,
employees have pride in what they do,
employees enjoy the people they work with.

 

이것이 핵심이다. 내가 생각해도 위의 3가지에 대해 종업원들이 느끼고 있다면 정말 Great Place 일 것이다.
과연 대한민국에 있는 회사에 근무하고 있는 직원들 중에 위의 3가지를 모두 갖고 일하는 사람들은 얼마나 있을까?

아니, 종업원들이 경영진을 신뢰하고, 자신들이 하는 일에 대한 자부심을 갖고, 업무상 관계된 사람들과 즐겁게 일할 수 있는 환경을 제공하는 회사는 과연 얼마나 있을까?

치열하고 살벌한 현대 경쟁 사회에서 살아남기 위해 몸부림치는 회사들이 과연 얼마나 GWP에 관심을 갖고 있을까?
회사는 관심이 있을 지언정, 매니저급, 팀장, 임원들이 GWP의 중요성에 대한 인식을 얼마나 하고 있을까?

모든게 의문 투성이다.

조금씩 변하고 있음은 틀림이 없다.
새로 입사하는 신입사원들의 생각은 우리의 그것과 다르며, 매니저, 경영진의 그것과는 더욱 다르다.
이제 GWP에 관심을 집중 시켜야 할 때가 온 것 같다.