I retired during the pandemic because I missed the human interaction with my co-workers. That outweighed any financial considerations.
On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 12:59 PM Jim Cathey via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Your current company has shown their stripes. They are in an outsourcing > mood, driven by greed. I have never seen an outsourcing drive that > resulted > in happier customers. Usually quite the opposite. If loyalty was any > factor in > their planning, they wouldn't have been outsourcing. That, combined with > your > almost-left, means you can probably count on somewhat less than zero there. > Almost all companies basically have zero loyalty baked into them, it's > virtually > guaranteed by the accountant-in-charge mentality that rules these days. > Family companies could value loyalty. I work for one, they do, and it's > excellent. > But, one shake-up in the family and that could change. It was almost sold > last > year, and overnight would have been part of a corporate umbrella, but owner > found he just couldn't do it. So, reprieved. > > My last company they talked about loyalty and how valuable our small office > was. (Since we'd invented a major part of their product portfolio.) But, > there > were continuing small signs that made us nervous. Yes, we were > 'valuable'... > up until the day they announced they were closing our office entirely, > buh-bye. > We were, arguably, their best people. We were, arguably, their > least-expensive > domestic resources, due to location in flyover territory. We were, not > arguably, > their office with the lowest turnover, and thus the greatest knowledge > retention. > But none of that mattered once corporate politics and musical chairs got > started. > They split up our stuff between India, who couldn't retain anybody long > enough > to even complete the training, and a bunch of silicon valley newbies whose > questions in meetings beforehand made me wonder about their basic > competency. > (Bunch of 'did you try turning it off and then back on again' script > kiddies trying to > take over network backbone gear with five-nines SLAs on redundant hardware? > It is to laugh.) > > I and a few others were offered work-from-home deals. I also had a lateral > move on the table, working for the theme park doing _very_ different > things. > Also work-from-home. Hmm, same pay same conditions. One for the same > clueless lying assholes, and one for a local family-owned company with an > excellent reputation. Wasn't even a contest, I didn't even look at the > secondary > benefits, and never looked back. > > So, which people do you trust more? Money is only one of the factors in > having a good life. > > If I were offered 2x my current salary, but would have to travel 3 weeks > out of > the month, I would not take it. Wouldn't even consider it. Just sayin'. > I know > what's important to me. > > -- Jim > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
