* Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I used to think that company loyalty went out of fashion 20 years
> ago, but most of the employees here (Acxiom) seem to have been
> here for almost ten years. That's something that I never thought
> I'd see again.
>
I don't think I believe in company loyalty, I believe in a contract,
and I'm not talking about the bit of paper you sign along with the
NDA. I mean a contract that the company will treat you well in return
for you doing your damn best for the company no matter if you are a
permie, contractor, freelancer or consultant.
For what its worth 2 out of the 3 companies that I feel the most
"loyalty" or rather wish to do good by them are companies that
employed me as a non-permie, they are in order of time, not "loyalty"
to the company,
1. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (Civil
Service)
The time my view was perhaps the most socialist, in the
true meaning of the word was with the government, I
learned an awful lot about how they work, and yes they
do have problems, but they have a fairly good system
which means that while they may not be running at peak
efficiency, most of the time they do not cock up too
badly.
2. Ebookers.com
A company that I felt could of had the best of systems,
and that those systems could of went on and translated
very clearly into income for the company. I wrote a letter
to management two weeks before I left, that was only paid
lip services, it broke my heart to leave.
3. The BBC
The BBC is not the place to work if you are not in IT,
they have so much wrong with this culture, it is disgusting,
the Producer/Assistant Producer/etc. hierarch is vile. However
they do appreciate you if you sucessed. I really wish I was
DG so i could reward all those who do so much good work for
so much little recognition.
Thats it,
Greg
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Greg McCarroll http://217.34.97.146/~gem/
