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Neither employer nor employee is inherently owed loyalty, but the only way to earn loyalty is to give it in return. Sooner or later, one party is going to have
by Millennium 13y ago
Neither employer nor employee is inherently owed loyalty, but the only way to earn loyalty is to give it in return. Sooner or later, one party is going to have to act irrationally if it wants that kind of relationship with the other.
A company that wants 1950s-style loyalty from its employees should be giving them 1950s-style loyalty. If you as a corporation would prefer layoffs to bankruptcy protection, then you do not measure up to that standard.
- rmc 13y agoMinor nitpick, although I know what you mean, "Giving 1950s style" would need lots of qualification if you were to say it. Simple example: Women were not paid the same as men for the same work in the 1950s, and women could (and were) fired when they got married and/or pregnant. If you (the company) want to claim "we'll give you (the employees) 1950s style loyalty", be sure to expand on that.