Posted on 09/07/2007 12:34:26 PM PDT by qam1
Yup. I work in HR, and it’s ugly to see what goes on. It’s made me physically ill a few times.
The article cites "boomers" as having the lowest loyalty. I think that is a consequence of experience with the reality that employers have zero loyalty to employees. The younger employees just haven't been around long enough to get slapped by their disloyal employers yet.
As a personal example, I worked 240 hours per month from May 2001 to April 2002. I was paid for 160 hours per month, but my employer billed the customer for the whole 240. The revenues kept a who department of people with no assignments from being laid off. In June 2002, the place where I was putting in those long hours folded. My company was no longer on the gravy train with big revenues coming in from my labor. Did they set any money aside and make plans for future work? No. I was sent a layoff notice...along with all the other "chair warmers" who had produced nothing for almost a year. ZERO LOYALTY! I had 480 hours of vacation on the books. I took 40 hours and used the time to chase new work. In that week, I tracked down $3 million in new opportunities. I took that work to a different manager inside the company. My layoff was over. The other POS manager who took all the money and sent me a layoff notice wanted a "piece of the action". I told the guy to screw himself. No loyalty goes both ways.
A fool and his money soon part seperate ways. It would be interesting to see what that companies financial shape was 7 years after that.
this is not true of anyone who works for me....very loyal bunch I’d say
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Someone help me out here... my brain seems to not be working. What the heck does that mean? 78% either "truly loyal" or "high risk?" DOES NOT COMPUTE!
Is that like when CNN said that "Experts agree: Bin Laden either dead or alive?"
Then the telecom melt-down occurred in early 2000 to 2002. I was laid off... I got the message loud and clear. I picked up a new career about 4 months later (I'm still with the same company - nearly 5 years now).
Work hard and do the best possible with the understanding that businesss is business. If something better comes along (career-wise)... do NOT hesitate... take it!
The corporate memory and skill embodied in employees is grossly underestimated. I left the employ of PacBell in 1991...along with 5,000 others. The company decided it needed to cut headcount to improve the bottom line. They did save lots of salary expense. They also wiped out 500 major projects that were underway. Out of that 500, they determined that 380 were a total loss. They no longer had the ability to proceed. They took the 100 most likely to succeed and outsourced many to a well known IT consulting firm. Nearly all of the outsourced jobs were screwed up beyond belief. Once again, the loss of corporate memory lead to incorrect decisions by unknowledgeable contractors.
One of the key reasons I joined the 5,000 in the November 1991 exodus was the sure knowledge that I would be mercilessly hammered as a resource to the outsourcing. No thanks.
boy, this is right on the money.
i see this daily.
at cvs the younger people could care less whether the kids shoplift the place blind.
my apartment building. the maintenance man is in charge of the hired landscapers. rumor has it that he gets a cut for using this company.
they’re in the process of destroying the trees, bushes, and flowers because they don’t want to care for them.
i mentioned a problem to the maintenance man and he said that he wanted to spend the owner’s money. at first i thought he was joking, then i realized no, he was not.
he’s alway’s slipping stuff into his pickup.
My company went from a 'traditional' defined benefit retirement plan to a defined contribution plan shortly before my retirement. I wish the change had been made before I began working for them as the defined benefit plan is just a shackle.
The employee is as much a business as the company worked for. The relationship between the two is a service contract. That may sound cold but it is realistic.
I later heard he had to hire THREE people to do my job and was still wondering why I left.
Figures.
Ah, they are just like big ol teddybears. Sweet as can be.
I’m sure they are. You have a nice weekend.
D1
My wife worked for the San Ysidro health center early in our marriage. He job was coding the insurance forms. She was very good. They had to hire 3 people to replace her as well.
The contract where I was working 240+ hours per month was a consequence of covering for 2 C++ programmers, 4 Java programmers and 2 EEs. It wasn't supposed to be that way, but I just kept inheriting responsibilities as Qualcomm pulled their employees out of the Wingcast operation.
People who can do the work of THREE people are terribly unpopular. I know-I used to be one.
Looking right now.
Hope everyone likes commissions and incentives instead of real pay raises.
You too.
I was in high-level sales and for my last six years was always in the top five nationally. I didn't want management because I wanted to rely on my efforts only, not try to prosper by babysitting eight others.
My espoused theory was that my one and only job was to maximize my personal earnings while minimizing time away from my family. One guy in particular hated my 'me-first' attitude. He was convinced that the best path was to sell whatever the marketing dopes were pushing that month. He never understood that my way put more money in every pocket up the ladder or that when the rifs started the only safe place was at the top, even after he was axed in one.
I'm retired, wonder what corporation he's loyal to now.
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