“...the best place to be in the industry...”. Seriously!?? How tone-deaf can you be??
Many years ago I would have considered that statement as at least arguably true...now? C’mon man...what exactly is it that makes this house of cards so special any longer? Seriously, I would like to know! Yes, benefit package is above average (“we benchmark....blah blah blah”) and there is a ‘promising’ pipeline, but that hardly constitutes being the best.
When you are the best the best try to work there...when you are the best you aren’t alienating your most loyal and talented employees and killing your culture by a thousand paper cuts and driving with the rearview mirror.
I am honestly still glad to be employed here (just don’t tell us something that we all know to be false, we don’t need corporate cheerleaders, leaders alone will suffice!)...but I think many here would gladly explore the right opportunity to leave whereas even 5 years ago many weren’t even considering it...
“people and culture are a top priority/you are our most valuable asset.” Doug literally said that improving/maintaining culture has been a goal of the ET for years today...folks, when you still can’t treat people well after YEARS of trying, that is a definition of an abusive relationship and we are the enablers for staying! I think many loyalists wanted to stay and help be part of the solution instead of jumping ship when things started to sour and get taken away...fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice...
closing thought: when you are the best, other companies benchmark against you because you are the leader...seems every time we get pitched how good it is here it is followed by the ‘we benchmarked’ caveat...lead again Novo, don’t follow!! And do it soon while you still have employees left who are still proud to be here but lament what once was...and hope for what could be again (cue the sweeping soundtrack theme)...
Many years ago I would have considered that statement as at least arguably true...now? C’mon man...what exactly is it that makes this house of cards so special any longer? Seriously, I would like to know! Yes, benefit package is above average (“we benchmark....blah blah blah”) and there is a ‘promising’ pipeline, but that hardly constitutes being the best.
When you are the best the best try to work there...when you are the best you aren’t alienating your most loyal and talented employees and killing your culture by a thousand paper cuts and driving with the rearview mirror.
I am honestly still glad to be employed here (just don’t tell us something that we all know to be false, we don’t need corporate cheerleaders, leaders alone will suffice!)...but I think many here would gladly explore the right opportunity to leave whereas even 5 years ago many weren’t even considering it...
“people and culture are a top priority/you are our most valuable asset.” Doug literally said that improving/maintaining culture has been a goal of the ET for years today...folks, when you still can’t treat people well after YEARS of trying, that is a definition of an abusive relationship and we are the enablers for staying! I think many loyalists wanted to stay and help be part of the solution instead of jumping ship when things started to sour and get taken away...fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice...
closing thought: when you are the best, other companies benchmark against you because you are the leader...seems every time we get pitched how good it is here it is followed by the ‘we benchmarked’ caveat...lead again Novo, don’t follow!! And do it soon while you still have employees left who are still proud to be here but lament what once was...and hope for what could be again (cue the sweeping soundtrack theme)...