Oh, absolutely.
However, I think it is situations like this that have caused so many people to walk away from jobs recently. There is a realization that you have to do stuff that you feel is beneath you, you aren't respected, you aren't valued, in some cases you aren't well compensated (Mr 400K probably can't claim this one). Your company isn't likely to be loyal to you. They will chew you up and spit you out any time their bottomline looks threatened. And why shouldn't they? But many workers are realizing that they are also in that situation. "You want me to do WHAT? Hey, I'm leaving."
If companies wonder why people leave, maybe they should pause and reflect.
—”You want me to do WHAT? Hey, I’m leaving.”
Long ago as an aspiring trainee, I was sent to another area to do some scut work.
I complained to my mentor and he gave me some superb advice.
Do it well, but take your time, don’t screw around.
And that is exactly what I did.
They never ask again.
Indeed, so many employers seem to demand loyalty from employees, but show NONE.
It doesn’t work that way. Never should have, won’t again. Not for a very long time anyway.
# There is a realization that you have to do stuff that you feel is beneath you, you aren’t respected, you aren’t valued, in some cases you aren’t well compensated
I don’t really understand the concept of work that is ‘beneath me’. Years ago, I was working for a large telecommunications company and was supporting some minicomputer systems that were local to me. We didn’t allow cleaning crew in the computer room, so once a quarter, my co-workers and I would spend a day cleaning the computer room from top to bottom. I was salary at the time, and it didn’t matter to me at all that I was washing windows, mopping floors, or dusting hardware for the money they were paying me. In fact, it was kinda peaceful, and non stressy.
# Your company isn’t likely to be loyal to you.
Modern companies have zero loyalty to their workers. This is actually detrimental to the company itself in the long run, but in am age where no one looks beyond the next quarterly results, this is largely ignored. Only fools think modern corporations give a rats ass about their employees.