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[Phillip Rhodes <mindcrime AT cpphacker.co.uk>]

Lance A. Brown wrote:
> Lyman Green wrote:
> > I guess this is what they get for loyalty and long hours.
>
> Heh.  I've not worked for *ANY* company that engendered my loyalty at 
> any point in my professional career in IT.  None.  It's a crying shame.
>
> My father is justifiably proud that he was able to start working for a 
> firm before he completed is civil engineering degree and retired from 
> that same company 39 years later.  There were ups and downs but Wells 
> Concrete Products took care of Dad and he took care of them.  That kind 
> of company/worker loyalty just flat out doesn't exist anymore, anywhere.

I think you'll see it come back eventually.  This short-sighted approach
to business that has become so common place can't sustain itself 
forever.  I believe that as the world economy becomes even *more* 
competitive that companies will have to return to the approach of
developing a real relationship with their employees and having that
two way commitment / loyalty to be really successful.

Now maybe I'm just being overly optimistic, but if I'm ever
in a position to launch the company I want to launch, I hope
to try and put those principles into practice.  It's the old
saw about "if you can't find the company you want to work for, start 
it." :-)


TTYL,


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Phillip Rhodes
Chief Architect - OpenQabal
https://openqabal.dev.java.net
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