NB>> And it really seems as though businesses are trying to foster
 NB>> that lack of loyalty...  encouraging workers to have less loyalty
 NB>> to the company, possibly so that the company doesn't have to feel
 NB>> so guilty when they dump them?

 DC> That could be it.  I think that they forgot that their most
 DC> valuable asset is their employees.

Maybe it should be a requirement in companies that everyone has to do the grunt
work at least a year or so to see how valuable employees are. I don't know of
too many "bosses" who can actually do the "small" stuff
that keeps a company
going.

I did meet the son of the owner and president of the Park Corp. in Ohio once or
twice in my newspaper days. They are the company that developed the Waterfront
in Homestead after the steel mill closed. He was a very nice guy and just
talking to him I knew he didn't look down on people. Him and his brother were
vice-presidents of the company. The thing though is that both of them had to
work in the field, getting their hands dirty before they were allowed to help
run the company. Their dad explained that he wanted them to understand every
aspect of the company and know how hard the "little" guy worked
so they would
treat the workers right. I never heard that any of the workers complained
either.

Sharon

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