February 9, 2007
Time to think about where we are in our life and careers. I myself have been with a world wide company for 27 years now soon to be 28 years in May. I hope my trek into the political arena will be succesful so I can retire from my current job and move into a new career.
So why am I talking about careers? It is a given fact that in today's world seldom will you see anyone dedicated to one company for as many years I have given. The younger generation today have no loyalty to their employers, but understanding how employers treat their employees is probably why. You will not find many companies today helping employees through tradegies in their personal life. Or will you find companies today make them feel like they are part of a family. Today most people are just a number to a company so they meet the bottom line forecast so shareholders are happy. Even the company I work for has drastically changed in the last 2 years. I feel very loyal to them even though I feel like they have withdrawn their "good feeling" as an employee. After my wife passed away nearly 4 years ago, if they had not given me the support, I am sure I would have been fired or I would have quit. They gave me the support to work through my issues which took nearly 3 years.
I would hope that as the younger generation grows older that they can learn to committ to long terms, perhaps move into upper and executive management where policies can be changed to make people feel like a team or family again. I know I have a small business and mainly hire contractors in my business, but I treat them like a team player, as if the team does not function well together, you will never win.
So why am I talking about careers? It is a given fact that in today's world seldom will you see anyone dedicated to one company for as many years I have given. The younger generation today have no loyalty to their employers, but understanding how employers treat their employees is probably why. You will not find many companies today helping employees through tradegies in their personal life. Or will you find companies today make them feel like they are part of a family. Today most people are just a number to a company so they meet the bottom line forecast so shareholders are happy. Even the company I work for has drastically changed in the last 2 years. I feel very loyal to them even though I feel like they have withdrawn their "good feeling" as an employee. After my wife passed away nearly 4 years ago, if they had not given me the support, I am sure I would have been fired or I would have quit. They gave me the support to work through my issues which took nearly 3 years.
I would hope that as the younger generation grows older that they can learn to committ to long terms, perhaps move into upper and executive management where policies can be changed to make people feel like a team or family again. I know I have a small business and mainly hire contractors in my business, but I treat them like a team player, as if the team does not function well together, you will never win.
posted by Rodger Jennings at 6:40 AM
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