[Lurker]

Far too many employers forget that loyalty, like respect, is something that must be earned. Loyalty is also something that can not go only one way and still exist.

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[DoughtyOne]

You’re absolutely right. Loyalty is a two way street.

I’ve had some exposure to corporate environments over the last few years, and I can tell you at least some of the corporations treat their employees like paper towels.

[ECM]

In my line of work (and this may very from those w/ ‘real’ jobs) but I can assure you that there isn’t any semblance of loyalty from the employer in a freelance relationship.

[steel_resolve]

ding ding ding. We have a winner.

[KC_Conspirator]

This article is pathetic. As someone close to me said about company loyalty - “Between you and your company - you are even every 2 weeks”.

[HamiltonJay]

Large Corporations as employers have been disloyal to their workforce for more than a generation, why is it news that the employee base has returned the favor?

[Politicalmom]

Yep. My husband got a new job not too long ago. A few months into it they told him that although he was (because of being a new hire) being paid as a “junior consultant”, they were charging the client the “senior consultant” fee. That was just the first of many such incidents.

I suppose they will be “shocked” when my husband announces he is leaving.

My husband is an extremely hard worker, and is always improving his skills. I keep telling him that SOMEWHERE there is an employer who will appreciate him.

[Oberon]

In my first real job after college, I lived in a quiet little town miles and miles from any city. I had a little house on a quiet street and my wife had our first child while we were living there. My job was with a book publisher a quarter-mile down the road...you could see the building easily from our yard. My parents lived just a few miles away.

I didn't get paid a whole lot, but it was workable and pleasant, and I would have gladly put in thirty years there and retired. I was there only a few years when they shut down the location, let 150+ people go, and sold off the property.

I didn't forget the lesson.

[Melas]

You read my mind. How can these employers who regularly practice layoffs to ensure dividends to the stockholders expect any loyalty from the employees? Loyalty works both ways.

[goldstategop]

The example starts at the top. When employees see management disregard ethics and cut corners to turn a profit, they take their example from the boss and conduct themselves accordingly. So to have loyal employees, loyalty has to be earned and the company has to have rules that are enforced consistently.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[sit-rep]

This is a concept that is out the window. Too many Employers now a days have no loyalty to employees.... Why the hell should employees be loyal to a company?

Employers lie, cheat your check, do everything they can to cut costs. Instead of hiring someone who knows what the hell they are doing, say in estimating a job, they nickle and dime and lay off good folks. They keep the ones who kiss ass and work many more hours than they are paid for.... Yes men if you will. And don’t let this be confussed with loyalty. There is a huge difference between loyal and being a jellyfish...

I have no sympathy for any company these days. I have bust my ass in the past to keep a job, and what did I get in return? Laid off... No more!

I do my job and if anyone comes and wants to hire me, offering me more, I give a weeks notice and I’m gone...