Many times there exists the feeling that quitting your job makes you a traitor. Making employees feel indispensable feeds into the traitor concept, making them

Many times there exists the feeling that quitting your job makes you a traitor. Making employees feel indispensable feeds into the traitor concept, making them less inclined to leave. We hired a manager at one of my previous jobs who during a meeting literally told us to never mention any former employees! Contracting, though I've never done it, sounds like a much healthier relationship between employer and employee. It does have it's own negative aspects though. I wish full-time jobs weren't such adversarial relationships where you're either with us or you're against us, if you quit.