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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 05:25 PM Original message |
Is it true Gen X'ers have no loyalty to businesses and vice-versa? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. The company is not blood, fuck them! |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. No one should be loyal to a corporate employer. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Thank you! |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 11:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. I'm all for |
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seaglass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 06:36 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Maybe I'm having a bad experience but I'm working for a small |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. You've got it, RA |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 06:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. right on. |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 06:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Contract work is much more prevalent now in a non-outsourcing context also. |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 07:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. amen |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 06:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
27. Damn straight |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'd be loyal to mine if |
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Omphaloskepsis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. At my first job I was loyal... |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. Been at my job since Feb of '99. |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
9. No, I don't think any all or nothing statements are true. However - |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
10. I think it started with the companies no longer being loyal to the employees |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. It's somewhat true as most of us came of age during the... |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
13. Why would anyone be loyal to a corporation when they view employees as commodities? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 07:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. So let's all quit tomorrow. |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 07:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Unless you are trading up. |
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seaglass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 06:42 AM Response to Reply #13 |
24. I have no loyalty but disagree with your characterization. The |
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HoneyBee (170 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
15. I love my job |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
18. anyone who has survived or witnesses a downsizing loses loyalty to their employers |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
20. We'll be loyal to them, as soon as they stop fucking us over. |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
21. I'm not a Gen X'er, but... |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 02:29 AM Response to Original message |
22. Believe me, Businesses have no loyalty for Gen X or |
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gr8dane_daddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
25. Depends on the company... |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
26. Gen Xers are the first ones in a long, long time not to have |
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Bassic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
28. It is generally true |
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