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Reid Hoffman, co-founder and chairman of LinkedIn and co-author of The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age (Harvard Business Review Press, 2014) and his co-author Ben Casnocha make their case, first presented in the Harvard Business Review article "Tours of Duty," that employers shouldn't pretend and employees shouldn't expect lifetime employment or career growth from within.
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Comments [9]
The idea sounds good...for Silicon Valley, or for upper echelon Knowledge Workers where 6 figures is the starting floor.
For the rest of us Middle Class workers...the notion of us all being cast loose as 'semi-independent contractors' with a puny 401K in our knapsacks???
Forgive me if I don't exactly leap for joy at the notion...
For the rest of us Middle Class workers...the notion of us all being cast loose as 'semi-independent contractors' with a puny 401K in our knapsacks???
Forgive me if I don't exactly leap for joy at the notion...
Jul. 14 2014 12:10 PM
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More Tech company social
dementia. Reality = fewer consumers w/ $$$, lower retirement funding
for both Social Security & 401Ks, more poverty, i.e. GOP nirvana.
Jul. 14 2014 11:48 AM
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I agree, it is better to be
honest and let people know they are expendable at any time, which is
what this approach formalizes. Since companies care only about their
bottom line, the benefit on the employee side of the equation is
laughable.
This is fine for very talented professionals in a field that's in demand but most likely these people would have already moved on to work for themsleves.
Someone asked about how to earn a pension in this atmosphere and the answer was portable items like 401ks - well, what about health insurance, which is tied to your employer?
This is fine for very talented professionals in a field that's in demand but most likely these people would have already moved on to work for themsleves.
Someone asked about how to earn a pension in this atmosphere and the answer was portable items like 401ks - well, what about health insurance, which is tied to your employer?
Jul. 14 2014 10:58 AM
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LinkedIn has a very rosy view of
the modern work environment. Budgets are tighter than ever. Politics and
fear base decision making dominate. The idea of an honest conversation
about career choices that may not support your immediate boss are out of
the question.
Jul. 14 2014 10:50 AM
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To me, this sounds like a
continued attempt to roll back labor gains made over the last century.
We don't have to look far from Silicon Valley itself for 'new tech'
behaving exactly like any other traditional company - the recent
Apple-Google wage fixing lawsuit is a great example. If we are all temp
workers, the future looks bleak.
Jul. 14 2014 10:48 AM
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Wow- "your career" - the idea
that the company and the worker + his/her career are on the same playing
field? Can have a 'conversation'? (Disingenuous to present
manager:worker as a dialogue) Nice to be on the company's board,
probably the only way avoid living day to day, to be able to plan for
life as a human being........with its ups and down...
Jul. 14 2014 10:43 AM
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Protect information about yourself. Only reveal information that indicates you are 100% committed to your boss.
Managers are vulnerable to petty pressures from above. People change, and personnel turnover. Anything you reveal will eventually be used against you in the lifeboat politics that dominate the workplace.
Be cautious ! ! !
Managers are vulnerable to petty pressures from above. People change, and personnel turnover. Anything you reveal will eventually be used against you in the lifeboat politics that dominate the workplace.
Be cautious ! ! !
Jul. 14 2014 10:41 AM
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Financial services are especially
bad employers, creating a climate of fear and demoralized colleagues.
These are horrible companies to work for and they treat people very
poorly. It gets so bad that employee reviews are cancelled. When asked, I
tell management to communicate better. But for companies that lack
clear vision, like the banks, management also has no idea. Meanwhile the
floors fill up with workers on foreign visas.
Jul. 14 2014 10:41 AM
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Theoretically it sounds great. In reality the so called “honesty’ between employer and employee will mostly not happen.
Jul. 14 2014 10:31 AM
