Originally Posted by
lphilpot
The company I work for has long had a reputation in general for being an excellent company, and a good place to work. Right now, from Wall Street's perspective the numbers are good but I personally don't think (and what do I know?) they're sustainable given the impact its having on the workforce. I can't say what's in his or anyone else's mind, but whatever it is, I don't understand it. Maybe I'm just not enough of a Type A, driver/driver personality to align with that train of thought.
But, the change over the past year+ is just the icing on the cake for me, since I've been burned out on what I do for 5-8 years now. I've applied for another job inside the company, so we'll see what happens there. I really have no desire to change employers in a general sense (given retirement implications, etc.), but who knows how it will turn out.
I'm afraid you're probably right about the future of business in America - Dog eat dog and live for the minute.
I worked for 5 or 10 years in an environment like that: The organization had been bought (a couple times) and was in a long, slow, slide into the dog-eat-dog, live for the minute environment you mention. Yet, it had a long history of being a fine, ethical organization that had substantial loyalty to its employees, its customers, its venders and its investors... So, as that long, slow slide progressed, there were isolated pockets where the old culture still existed... I was wearing a set of golden handcuffs -- I knew that I would never find an equivalent job or pay check outside of that organization. So, I rode it down to the bottom while hiding out in one of those pockets of the 'old culture'...