Comments on: A Morale Dilemma http://www.pchelpsblog.com/2009/06/a-morale-dilemma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-morale-dilemma A blog about proving ROI, smart outsourcing, and other IT-related musings. Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:33:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Naomi http://www.pchelpsblog.com/2009/06/a-morale-dilemma/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Naomi Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:40:31 +0000 http://blog.pchelps.com/?p=1154#comment-24 It's amazing that bosses talk to employees about being "part of a company" and taking pride in work, while they are cutting our bonuses, limiting our benefits, and making the thought of retirement seem like a death sentence, or at least guaranteed poverty. I wasn't around during the "good old days," when you took a job and you stuck with it. It might have been nice to have loyalty to company and vice versa. I do understand why managers talk the talk. They have to do whatever they can to survive. But they'd be wise to read posts like this one. Your employees don't want bull; they want something tangible, something that will enable them to make a living -- whether it's financial or otherwise. It’s amazing that bosses talk to employees about being “part of a company” and taking pride in work, while they are cutting our bonuses, limiting our benefits, and making the thought of retirement seem like a death sentence, or at least guaranteed poverty. I wasn’t around during the “good old days,” when you took a job and you stuck with it. It might have been nice to have loyalty to company and vice versa.

I do understand why managers talk the talk. They have to do whatever they can to survive. But they’d be wise to read posts like this one. Your employees don’t want bull; they want something tangible, something that will enable them to make a living — whether it’s financial or otherwise.

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