{"id":1602,"date":"2016-05-26T10:08:33","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T17:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matt.chimen.to\/?p=1602"},"modified":"2023-04-20T03:55:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T03:55:15","slug":"loyalty-is-my-best-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mattchimento.com\/journal\/2016\/05\/loyalty-is-my-best-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"Loyalty is My Best Quality"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am fiercely loyal to you and your company, until you prove you are in no way loyal to me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is a statement that should apply to every single employee working for someone else. As an employee, it is our job to do our job<\/em> well, with excellence and honesty, to the utmost of our abilities. We need to earn our paycheck. We will support the company that employs us, respect our employers and our co-workers, and give our time and effort to the product.<\/p>\n

BUT. That loyalty should ALWAYS come at a price. Yes, sometimes it is literally a price, and your work should be compensated accordingly. There is more to it than that, though. Every CEO, president, executive, and manager must treat the people working for them with respect. Not some people. Not the people they like enough to invite to dinner. Not the people who have been there the longest. Everyone.<\/p>\n

And in case the term “respect” isn’t understood in this scenario, I’ll spell it out: Stop treating your workers like tools, and remember that they’re people<\/em>. It’s bad enough that the government takes 40% of our paycheck and we can barely afford a place to live. We don’t need our boss acting like we’re human garbage.<\/p>\n

If there is a regular mistreatment of workers, employers cannot possibly expect anyone to work their hardest or best. Actually, I would actively encourage an employee to decrease their work output when this issue arises and is not dealt with after being submitted for review. Terrible managers get away with this for years because they feel in charge, and they’re right in some respects. What we shouldn’t give them is any more of our hard work. Either leave for a better job, or stop working so hard (and then leave for a better job).<\/p>\n

At the end of the day, you deserve what you get. Loyalty from happy employees, and dirty looks from the ones you mistreat. Plain and simple. And if it sounds like I’m sharing a lot of information, it’s because this has happened to me more than once. I’ve dealt with the problems differently each time, and for the most part they’ve worked out well. I’m in a good place now, with smart leaders and amazing people who care about each other. It’s what I’ve wanted for a long time.<\/p>\n

Don’t let anyone tell you that “no job is perfect.” I’ve had plenty of perfect jobs. It was the awful people who ruined them.<\/p>\n

Helpful Tips for the Uninitiated<\/h2>\n

Here are some common job issues that impede an employee’s daily work, and suggestions for fixing them:<\/p>\n