I just had a chat with my Papa regarding this article in The Straits Times about this 30 year old engineer who is in a multinational company and he is jaded with his career prospects because all the company care about is the bottom line and nothing at all about its employees.
To which my manager Papa (who spent all his nites and weekends reading up on management and self improvements books) said - A company is always afraid of investing in its employees because it is worried that after spending money developing the staff, they might leave, and all their efforts will come to naught. However, once you think about it clearly, if an employee is groomed by the company; see prospects in his job; receives rewards for his hard work. Who the hell in his right mind would wants to leave? On top of that he will feel loyalty to the company and work hard because he knows that the huge carrot will be there waiting for him at the end of the road. Of course, there is no guarantee that all employees can be retained, but this would greatly improve the percentage. And with that, you will keep the experience and expertise that is so hard to replace once an employee leaves...
Sadly, most companies can't see past all that. Keke. Not sure if it is merely a local culture or are other countries' firms the same. Weird Weird Weird.
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