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Take This Job And Shove It
By Ron | June 3, 2010
There is a current belief that the economic tide is turning and that many employees are poised to tell their bosses, “I quit!”
I’m not buying it. I think we’re along way off from a turnaround. Anyway, I read this article the other day by G. L. Hoffman who believes that the economy is improving and that companies better get their act together or they’re going to start losing their good people to other companies.
He goes on to suggest that companies should start adjusting salaries and work schedules now (assuming that pay was kept low and employees were working extra hours). He also said that attention should be paid to respect, culture, the environment, giving compliments for work well done and involving them in new and exciting projects, blah, blah, blah.
Ho-hum. Nothing new here.
Any company that changes the way it treats employees in down times deserve to lose them when things get better. I happen to believe that good companies do the right thing by their people no matter what shape the economy is. I know that when Hewlett Packard asked their people to take salary cuts, they were happy to do it to keep the company going. HP always restored the employee salaries when things got better.
I also believe that most employees like to pitch in and do extra during the tough times to help their companies survive. There is nothing like a sense of purpose.
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