Do Your Employees Names Matter? - NoCV
I have a guy who has been working for me for years. Very hardworking, very loyal, very consistent. His name is Adam. From the day I started my business, Adam has been there. He understands the job, respects customers, closes on time, opens early, and never complains. Honestly, if there is one employee I trust with my business, it is Adam. So recently, I decided to expand. Bigger plans, bigger dreams, bigger stress. I told myself it was time to employ another staff. That was how I employed a lady. Let us call her Temitope. At first, everything looked normal. But shortly after, things started going wrong. Sales dropped. Expenses increased. Equipment started developing faults for no clear reason. Customers began cancelling orders. I started feeling discouraged and confused. I kept asking myself what I did wrong. Was it the timing? Was it the economy? Was it village people? Then just yesterday, while having a casual conversation, I found out something that shook me to my core. Temitope’s middle name is Evelyn. And her friends call her Eve. I laughed at first. Then I stopped laughing. Because suddenly, everything started connecting in my head. Adam… Eve… expansion not working… setbacks everywhere. I don’t know if I am thinking too far, but the coincidence is suspicious. Very suspicious. Now I am here asking myself serious business questions. Am I being punished spiritually for employing both of them? Were they never meant to work together under the same roof? Or did I rush into expansion when I was not ready? Please advise me with honesty.