you'll often see people saying "I gave my life to that company and now I'm being let go", as if for some charitable or selfless reason they kissed their wife and kids goodbye and entered the gates never to return.
Now I dont blame people for being upset in such situations, but do they have a case?, or could you say werent you lucky you got so long out of it and raised your family through it, that you werent bounced around from job to job and town to town or country to country. Would they have stayed with that employer if a better or more convenient offer came along??, I wouldnt blame them if they decided to take the new offer.
I think that its naieve to expect employees to be loyal or vice versa. The minute theres a compelling reason for either to change then its pretty much going to happen. Maybe in small owner managed places the inevitable is delayed or someone is kept on to retirement even though it didnt make great sense, but in the wider scheme of things wouldnt you be foolish to not be thinking about number 1 because any loyalty points you think you might be clocking up wont ultimately make any great difference.
Now I dont blame people for being upset in such situations, but do they have a case?, or could you say werent you lucky you got so long out of it and raised your family through it, that you werent bounced around from job to job and town to town or country to country. Would they have stayed with that employer if a better or more convenient offer came along??, I wouldnt blame them if they decided to take the new offer.
I think that its naieve to expect employees to be loyal or vice versa. The minute theres a compelling reason for either to change then its pretty much going to happen. Maybe in small owner managed places the inevitable is delayed or someone is kept on to retirement even though it didnt make great sense, but in the wider scheme of things wouldnt you be foolish to not be thinking about number 1 because any loyalty points you think you might be clocking up wont ultimately make any great difference.