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I don't agree with the basic premise of the article wrt job security. B&N does not owe you a job. Nobody does. You got to work at the same company for 20 years
by Maro 9y ago
I don't agree with the basic premise of the article wrt job security. B&N does not owe you a job. Nobody does.
You got to work at the same company for 20 years? You should be happy and gracious. All things come to an end.
I'm 37 and the longest I've worked at a company was 3.5 years, and that was my own startup. I average about 2-3 years/company. I'd kill to find a company/job where I can stay for 5 years without becoming a dinosaur. But I can't, because it's the startup/tech sector, things move fast, even here in Europe. On the flip-side, you could chose to be more static, risking increased irrelevance, in which case you'll be more upset upon losing your job. But that's the risk/tradeoff.
- tytytytytytytyt 9y agoPlus these sound like mostly entry level, no-qualification jobs. I can't imagine why anyone would feel like they had any real measure of job security at jobs like those.
- michaelmrose 9y agoBecause treating people to lots of free kindness, ra ra spirit, free cheap food, team building is a great way to retain people so long as the wages you pay them are enough to get by. If you persue this strategy successfully your business will be chock full of people who love you and think you all are family even though you don't pay them much.. People that need more monetarily will of course notice that raises are minimal and long term growth meh but many people have modest needs or spouses that make more money and they have no particular reason not to collect the same money adjusted for inflation and stay comfortable.