[Hodar]

"Loyalty" is a funny thing. I have heard managers tell me that come payday, we are square and that a new week means that the whole arrangement starts over again.

Then, I have seen Loyalty demonstraged at another company that I have never heard of before.

CRAY - US maker of Supercomputers is the ONLY company that has demonstrated loyalty to it's employees, the way I would if I were in a position of power. We had a woman (young, married with 2 kids) who worked in the shipping/receiving department. She had a brain anurism that had her completely and permanently disabled. AS she had only been with the company for a few months, she had neither vacation nor sick-leave to cover her the 90 days until her permanent disability insurance (paid for by Cray) kicked in. The good people in HR at Cray let it be known that people who desired to, could contibute a day of either sick-leave, or vacation to this person. Within 3 hours, people had donated enough hours so that this person could recieve 100% full pay, until her permanent insurance kicked in.

Unfortunately, that caliber of compaany is the exception to the rule. Loyalty to the company is a one way street. Companies expect it, but practically never extend it.

[discostu]

That's not loyalty that's charity, it's especially not corporate loyalty. The only thing the company did was let it be known that the employees could help this person out, corporate loyalty would have been Cray helping her out.

[VOA]

The good people in HR at Cray let it be known that people who desired to, could
contibute a day of either sick-leave, or vacation to this person.

A similar situation was on one of the NBC DateLine shows last night...about a wife who
was the beneficiary of fellow teachers making similar sacrifices for her
while she stayed home in a program to get her adopted son's behaviour improved.

It's a wonderful world...it's just that sometimes you've got to look for the evidence.

As for Circuit City in Los Angeles...I'd prefer to go to Best Buy or the Net for
consumer electronics...I tire quickly of the pressure from sales-persons on
extended warranties, etc.

[MarkL]

I remember seeing a 60 minutes that told of a textile manufacturer who had a fire which destroyed the plant. The owner of the company kept all of his workers on their normal salary until the plant was rebuilt and operational again, which I believe took more than 4 months. He paid this out of his own pocket. I believe that although the company was successful, foreign competition, and the fact that they never patented the product that they devoloped and made (polar fleece), the company is going through bankruptcy.

Mark

[Dianna]

Then, I have seen Loyalty demonstraged at another company that I have never heard of before.

My brother works at Home Depot. Shortly after being offered a promotion, he was badly injured in a car accident. One of his legs was broken and pinned back together.

Home Depot kept his insurance premiums paid, never squawked about the time off, and although they did have to give the new job to someone else, he kept the pay raise and stayed in his previous job until another job opened up.

[cupcakes]

They did the same thing when I worked for Charles Schwab. Folks could donate time like that to other people who are dealing with difficult situations.