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<blockquote data-quote="aarondhgraham" data-source="post: 4146805" data-attributes="member: 13337"><p>You can place a lot of blame on the companies for that,,,</p><p>Somewhere in the late 70's and thereafter,,,</p><p>Companies started losing their integrity.</p><p></p><p>My uncle worked for a company that promised a pension after 30 years,,,</p><p>22 years into that employment he was "laid off" for no reason,,,</p><p>Along with more than 50 other employees.</p><p></p><p>They sued the company and eventually made some lawyers rich,,,</p><p>But they were all 50 year old people with no prospects,,,</p><p>My uncle lost the lifestyle he had worked hard for. </p><p></p><p>Companies have no loyalty to their employees anymore,,,</p><p>So in reality, why should employees show "loyalty"?</p><p></p><p>That old saw of "Work hard and ye shall be rewarded.",,,</p><p>Is as false as the day is long.</p><p></p><p>I retired after 16.5 years from a decent job at OSU,,,</p><p>I survived all of the Covid madness layoffs,,,</p><p>Not by working harder than anyone else,,,</p><p>But by making myself indispensable.</p><p></p><p>Over the years I slowly gathered many parts of the job into my responsibilities,,,</p><p>I became the only person in my office who knew how to do those tasks,,,</p><p>So when it came time to eliminate a few personnel,,,</p><p>I got to keep my job until I retired.</p><p></p><p>Believe me though,,,</p><p>I did work my ass off for that College,,,</p><p>But I was looked at just as hard for release as anyone.</p><p></p><p>My good work ethic had nothing to do with me keeping my position,,,</p><p>It was my decade long strategy of becoming indispensable,,,</p><p>That's what kept me employed when others got laid off.</p><p></p><p>Aarond</p><p></p><p>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aarondhgraham, post: 4146805, member: 13337"] You can place a lot of blame on the companies for that,,, Somewhere in the late 70's and thereafter,,, Companies started losing their integrity. My uncle worked for a company that promised a pension after 30 years,,, 22 years into that employment he was "laid off" for no reason,,, Along with more than 50 other employees. They sued the company and eventually made some lawyers rich,,, But they were all 50 year old people with no prospects,,, My uncle lost the lifestyle he had worked hard for. Companies have no loyalty to their employees anymore,,, So in reality, why should employees show "loyalty"? That old saw of "Work hard and ye shall be rewarded.",,, Is as false as the day is long. I retired after 16.5 years from a decent job at OSU,,, I survived all of the Covid madness layoffs,,, Not by working harder than anyone else,,, But by making myself indispensable. Over the years I slowly gathered many parts of the job into my responsibilities,,, I became the only person in my office who knew how to do those tasks,,, So when it came time to eliminate a few personnel,,, I got to keep my job until I retired. Believe me though,,, I did work my ass off for that College,,, But I was looked at just as hard for release as anyone. My good work ethic had nothing to do with me keeping my position,,, It was my decade long strategy of becoming indispensable,,, That's what kept me employed when others got laid off. Aarond . [/QUOTE]
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