There exists in most companies an expectation of loyalty, and I don't get it. I understand personal loyalty, but it makes no sense to an employee. An employee is selling a service to a company. How many bars serve only one customer? How many hairdressers cut only one person's hair? It makes far more sense if you reverse it: You must please your employer to keep them as a customer, but there's no rhyme or reason in giving them exclusive access to your services.
@gemlog There was indeed a change there. Lifetime jobs are even weirder than what we have now. I think the idea of loyalty refuses to go away because manager types like the idea that employees are loyal to them.
@thor Yes, I'm sure they continue to cultivate its perpetuation in pop culture as it is very convenient to them!
@gemlog It's not merely convenient to them. That may be the it for some of them, but a significant number of them had a labor of love that grew into a business because they needed extra hands. To them, the idea that their employers are there to help them in their quest is of course very appealing, even if it isn't always true.
@thor right. the remaining true believers. I'll allow that some are sincere, sure. Most are cogs and still sincere even. People have to live with themselves and sleep at night.
@thor
Me to corporation: I trust you until next payday
Corp to me: I might, maybe still employ you by next payday and I'll just probably pay what I owe you by then.
Maybe.
Or I could leave the country.
@thor It depends on the service one supplies their employer with, and how well the employer compensates the employee for their services.
Some hairdressers & bartenders /do/ work for single clients, because it's easier for them, or more comfortable, or simply because they want to.
@Euphoria Rich clients. Employers are the equivalent of rich clients who are paying for the services of many hairdressers. I'm essentially trying to view labor through the eyes of a being from another planet where there are only shopkeepers and contractors, no employees. What would they see? What would they think? Would it make sense to them?
@thor I suspect that aliens would think the workers were slaves, as they'd have no way to know what was motivating them to cater to their employers. 🤷🏽
@thor This is because the 'social contract' between corps and employees changed in the late 70's and early 80's in the West. One to nearly two generations relied on lifetime jobs with one company that would 'take care of them'. That is no longer the case.