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POLL: How loyal are you to your job?

If the new offered job was more what I wanted to do, and just as stable/more stable than my previous, then I would def. highly consider leaving.

I would prefer to just move up in the same company though, that way you have the years of experience, and already have the internal connections.
 
My work is immaterial, but I am careful to make sure my loyalty to any company exactly matches that company's loyalty to me. Many years ago I learned that lesson the hard way.
 
Just started a co-op and love...


Have to sya getting up at 6am everyday blows, but the job is worth it....

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<-----and no this is no a BS @i\i5\/\/3r
 
I am a software engineer. I do support where I write patches/service packs for a fairly large software company (not MS).

When I got here about 18 months ago, I told myself I'd give them 3 years. This was at the start of the dot com bust. So far its okay. I wouldn't say I'm loyal, but right now its too much of a hassle to find a new job than it would be worth. I have decent job security and good pay, but its no where near perfect.
 
I posted earlier about my intention to leave my job. Thanks to the advice from my former coworkers (let go), my dad, and people on this forum, I elected NOT to leave. Instead, I flat out asked my boss for a day off every week so that I could pursue "personal development" (i.e. job search, resumes, golf 🙂). So now I have a three-day weekend...with no pay cut! Score!
 
I am a software engineer.

I love the company I work for.

I hat ethe project I am on. not for what it is, but for the lack of leadership, planning, etc. It's a nightmare.

The last project I was on was better. It goes project by project here.
 
I'm in retail sales and I don't mind my job, however, I would consider leaving if I found something that interested me.
 
Originally posted by: Hayabusarider
My work is immaterial, but I am careful to make sure my loyalty to any company exactly matches that company's loyalty to me. Many years ago I learned that lesson the hard way.
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preach it!!!! my viewpoint exactly !
 
Originally posted by: kherman
I am a software engineer.

I love the company I work for.

I hat ethe project I am on. not for what it is, but for the lack of leadership, planning, etc. It's a nightmare.

The last project I was on was better. It goes project by project here.
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I'm in the same boat...hoping the next project will be better
 
I love my work, and have no intensions of leaving, but if something truely better in the long run came along, I'm outta here. But, it's gonna be hard to beat the fact that I can retire in 7 years though.

BTW - I'm a Die Repairman at a Forge.
 
I hate my job, and I'm not too crazy about one of my bosses. So, I'd leave in a second, and I am currently searching for a new job.
 
I like my job. It's a lot of fun and it's in my field, but it's not exactly what I want to be doing. I'm LA bound (again) in 18 months anyway. Currently I'm a cameraman for a major auto racing organization.


Lethal
 
I'm happy with my pay and the work that I do, but right now I am extremely disappointed with my company.

I'm actually planning to go back to school for another degree in the spring.
 
Software development for a Dow Jones member (not M$).

For better or worse, the notion of "job loyalty" is passe these days. A generation ago, it wasn't uncommon to see someone spend their entire career with a single company. Today, that's much rarer and, some recruiters have told me, actually a detraction if said employee is ever laid off and has to find another job. The theory goes that someone who remains with the same company for decades will be stagnant whereas someone who has changed jobs a few times is perceived as being more up-to-date (having to keep up with the latest trends and education in order to continue to compete in the job market) and flexible.

You have to keep in mind that unless you're fortunate enough to have a rare skillset, you as an employee are both a replaceable asset (you generate income for the company) and a liability (you have to be paid). Your loyalty to your employer should never exceed your employer's loyalty to you. Sounds cynical, I know, but don't mistakenly think you're immune from possible "resource actions" if the company's viability is at stake.

 
Electrical Engineer in-training. Currently interning for a great company (3rd year as an intern). So far this seems like a cool place to be tho you get some mixed reviews from others. None are purely negative tho.
 
I predict that Intel will be the last employer that I ever have. 😀

I have never been treated so well by any other employer.
 
My employment status is in question.. but I tend to be loyal to the company I work for. But considering the situation I am in right now, I will leave when I get a job offer somewhere else. I am in software development.
 
I will be as loyal to a company as they are to me. In the current corporate environment of looking at letting people go, trimming their benefits, etc. as the FIRST way to cut costs, if I had a better offer, and it fit my needs, I would leave.

For example, I happen to know a former executive of a well known computer manufacturor that had just completed the most successful, profitable program ever in North America. After it was done, did he get a big bonus, a thank you? No, they let him go. Thank you very much.

You may work at a great company, but I will tell you this. If they get into financial trouble, one of the first things they will do is look at who they can lay off. Or force to take a pay cut, demote.

IBM once required extreme loyalty to the company, even requesting that everyone dress in dark blue suits. Now how many people have they let go over the last 5 years. A lot.

Enjoy the good jobs, but don't think for a minute that most companies will be loyal to their employees. At one time yes, but not today.
 
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