umailedit (7/20/2011)
However I think that both of those groups are the minorities at most jobs.
That might be true but the majority of employees in ANY company look at their employer as a stepping stone in their careers. Loyalty to the company they work for is temporary at best. Under such a scenario it is foolish to expect the company to be loyal to the employees and pay for training them when the employer knows that most if not all employees will jump ship in a few months or years. The days of any employee remaining a lifetime with a single company are dead. I think I am going to be flamed for this point of view.
Umailedit,
This isnt going to exactly be a flame but... Why would an employee stay if the employer didnt show any interest in their career, goals, progression? Under those circumstances your chances of 'good will' are next to f-all.
My personal favorite was being told by an IT Director that 'You'll never get premoted or progress here. I would suggest you stay here until you find something better. I assume that if you are here its because you want to be'. So basically, we arent gonna give you a thing and put up or shut up.
We have an annual performance rating here (1-5), 1 being your fired, 3 being your good enough, 4 and 5 being we have to invest in you to keep you here (you should run the place). The DBA's and Infrastructure team have been told 'dont aim for 4 or 5, just be a 3 cause you'll never be graded higher'.
My last two reviews i have been graded as 4-4.5 but always given a 3.
Why do you think that is? Its not the always the employee at fault!
Adam Zacks-------------------------------------------Be Nice, Or Leave