Re: What to do about a disgruntled employee

[david.kahn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

John Carr <74711.77@compuserve.com> wrote:

>Hmm.   I guess "Disgruntled Employees"  may be,  sometimes,
>the result of a "Caring"  corporate environment that values the
>service of it's employees as much as it does "Shareholder Value" ??

The City in the Thatcher's Britain was a special case where the salaries,
the bonuses and the hours were often all absurdly high, but no-one
pretended to have any loyalty to anyone.

Disgruntlement may arise through the company's fault or the employee's or a
mixture of both. Human nature being what it is, it is inevitable that it
will happen from time to time, no matter how well the company attempts to
behave. A company that goes out of its way to be protective may be resented
as paternal.

In most cases the real issue for a company is not the threat of malicious
behaviour, but the conflict of interest for an employee who is probably off
to work for a competitor or himself/herself. As Nina points out they're not
always 100% honest about where they're headed.

Dave Kahn, ABB Steward Ltd.


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