Comments on: Earning Employees’ Loyalty

By: Milan Moravec

Milan Moravec — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:07:27 +0000

While employees are being loyal they are not gaining skills that will make them employable in the constantly evolving employment marketplace. The skills earned by being loyal do not necessarly prepare individuals for the employment market.
Loyalty in the 21st century is a two way street. The comments above suggest that loyalty is just for management.

By: NaijaEcash

NaijaEcash — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 10:09:30 +0000

I believe this is the best time to pay more attention to the issue of Employees' loyalty. The cost of high employee turnover is not one that any management will be willing to incur frequently. It is actually cheaper to invest in employees' loyalty thereby keeping them for a longer time than to be investing constantly in recruitment, training and severance expenses. Thanks for adding your thought.

By: Humresource

Humresource — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 05:44:05 +0000

Regardless of whether you run a small business with a handful of employees, or a corporation that employs thousands, one of your greatest assets will be the loyalty and devotion of your employees. However, employee loyalty is not something that will endure unless there are some specific efforts made to keep it alive and thriving. Here are a few ideas on how you can inspire and grow employee loyalty in your company. I fully agree with you with treating employees as we would love to be treated. In developing any business, good employees are important and that happens when they are treated well. Thanks for sharing.

By: Milan Moravec

Milan Moravec — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 01:58:18 +0000

Business and the public sector are into a phase of creative disassembly where reinvention and adjustments are constant. Hundreds of thousands of jobs are being shed by United Technologies, GE, Chevron, Sam’s Club, Wells Fargo Bank, HP, Starbucks etc. and the state, counties and cities. Even solid world class institutions like the University of California Berkeley under the leadership of Chancellor Birgeneau & Provost Breslauer are firing staff, faculty and part-time lecturers. Yet many employees, professionals and faculty cling to old assumptions about one of the most critical relationship of all: the implied, unwritten contract between employer and employee.
Until recently, loyalty was the cornerstone of that relationship. Employers promised job security and a steady progress up the hierarchy in return for employees fitting in, performing in prescribed ways and sticking around. Longevity was a sign of employeer-employee relations; turnover was a sign of dysfunction. None of these assumptions apply today. Organizations can no longer guarantee employment and lifetime careers, even if they want to.
Organizations that paralyzed themselves with an attachment to “success brings success’ rather than “success brings failure’ are now forced to break the implied contract with employees – a contract nurtured by management that the future can be controlled.
Jettisoned employees are finding that the hard won knowledge, skills and capabilities earned while being loyal are no longer valuable in the employment market place.
What kind of a contract can employers and employees make with each other? The central idea is both simple and powerful: the job or position is a shared situation. Employers and employees face market and financial conditions together, and the longevity of the partnership depends on how well the for-profit or not-for-profit continues to meet the needs of customers and constituencies. Neither employer nor employee has a future obligation to the other. Organizations train people. Employees develop the kind of security they really need – skills, knowledge and capabilities that enhance future employability.
The partnership can be dissolved without either party considering the other a traitor.

By: Gregg Zban

Gregg Zban — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:51:26 +0000

Great post. I agree with winning employees loyalty and the benefits it can bring.

By: mk akan

mk akan — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:20:31 +0000

customers are important ,so are employees ..i totally agree with you with treating employees as we would love to be treated…employees can make or mar a business..if they are not treated right ,they will not treat the customers right…if the are annoyed ,they will transfer the aggression to customers.
for growth of any business,good employees are important and that happens when they are treated well…

cheerz