Study: Growing Number of Employees Are Not Loyal

Inside Indiana Buisness ^ | 9/7/07 | Walker Information

[DoughtyOne]

I’m so sorry... nice kitty, nice kitty...

[Califreak]

Good for you.

90 day package in exchange for not working in the field for a whole year?

[rb22982]

Yes, you’d be surprised with reference calls. If you did a good job and put in a 2 week notice, you are much more likely to get a positive reference in the future, not to mention many companies now have it in your contract/handbook you get paid for severance/leftover vacation ONLY if you put in a 2 week notice. That and it’s just professional courtesy. If your new employer doesn’t understand that, then they themselves probably would drop you in a dime if they found someone else for slightly cheaper.

[ASOC]

Yup, sucks - to keep your insurance another 90 days while you try and find a cost effective repalcement, you can’t work in the area of your “expertness” for a year.

Its OK, the outfit has been bleeding talent in a big way since the massive layoff - folks trying to beat the next round I suppose.

I do well now and am happier than ever in the past.

[TASMANIANRED]

2 way street.

[discostu]

I don’t think loyalty has to equal any of those things, especially the not saying what you think part. When I’ve hired people part of what I hired them for was their intelligence and their different perspective, if they think the company or department is doing something wrong they damn well better speak up because that’s part of what we’re paying them for.

Of course part of that is that I’ve never believed in loyalty to faceless constructs. I’ve never been loyal to a company, I’ve been loyal to a CEO, loyal to managers, loyal to co-workers, but never a company.

[freekitty]

That's alright. Remember, if you are not nice to Miss Kitty(me) I have 300 over 300 hundred lbs of bodyguards. LOL

[freekitty]

PS: The one in the middle is a mere 120 lbs. ROTFLOL

[EBH]

Back in the late 1980’s I had to go to several locations and tell the staff that we were there to shut them down ...don’t even open the doors today, you’re closed.

I’ll never forget that experience, I was physically sick for the days we were there packing up the store.

[rb22982]

In general, I will agree with you. My company now does have a decent amount of loyalty in terms of you keeping your job; that doesn't mean you'll always get paid the most at any particular time. Overall I'm extremely pleased with the company I work for. Great management, great vision, and solid execution. I've learned a great deal from my boss, many things which are far more valuable than my current pay in the scheme of things.

Of course you could always take the route my father did back in the 90s, and start your own company. He now makes more than he did then and is able to take 6-8 weeks of a year for short term mission trips for our church plus a week or two of regular vacation.

[discostu]

Absolutely, the software industry in Tucson is too intertwined with too much inbreeding. You never know when you’re going to run into somebody again or somebody who knows them, doesn’t pay to screw somebody over.

[tioga]

Loyalty is a two way street.

[rb22982]

Of course part of that is that I’ve never believed in loyalty to faceless constructs. I’ve never been loyal to a company, I’ve been loyal to a CEO, loyal to managers, loyal to co-workers, but never a company.

May not agree with you about indie movies but I agree with you 100% here.

[discostu]

As long as everyone remains truthful all disagreements are FRiendly.

Back on topic I wonder if by their little survey that makes me loyal or high risk. I have no loyalty at all for the company, and I’m not fond of the CEO, but my boss and his boss have earned large amounts of my loyalty.

[DesScorp]

Loyalty is a two way street. If businesses want to be able to hire and fire according to business cycles, fine. But why be shocked when workers decide to take the best deals for themselves as well?

[mad_as_he$$]

Very true. They owe you a paycheck nothing else.

[DoughtyOne]

Well, from what I can tell, they look very nice. Good for you.

I will be less Catty in the future. ;-)

[MayflowerMadam]

The loyalty door should swing both ways, but it doesn’t. Employers want loyalty, but don’t give it. Things sure have changed the last couple of decades.

[OCCASparky]

the computer stores all company archives and need-to-know at the click of a mouse.

Sorry, but in skilled trades/engineering even that's not enough.

Which reminds me of a story:

An engineer worked for a company for many years and retired not too long ago. A few months after he retired, a critical piece of equipment stopped working. Despite the best efforts of the remaining staff, they simply could not get it working again.

Company management contacted the retiree and offered him any sum he asked to repair the equipment. He agreed, came back, inspected the rotor and put a simple "X" and the notation "-.002".

The technicians made the adjustment and the equipment then ran perfectly.

Several weeks later the company got a bill from the retired engineer for $50,000. Outraged, the company management demanded an itemized receipt for such a huge sum.

The reply came back:
1-"X" mark--$50
2-Knowing where to put it--$49,950


And if my supervision had been more loyal to me a couple years ago, I wouldn't be where I am today (living in a lower cost of living area, making more money, with less stress).

[american_ranger]

I was hired to turn around a $5.5 million dollar company that was losing $700,000 a year. After seven years we were selling $16,000,000 and had a $700,000 profit. The owner was real happy until he learned that he owed me a $100,000 bonus.

He fired me and put his kid brother in charge.