“The company is not and must never claim to be home, family, religion, life or fate for the individual. It must never interfere in his private life or his citizenship. He is tied to the company through a voluntary and cancellable employment contract, not through some mystical or indissoluble bond.” HomeIndividualCompanyFateClaimsEmploymentContractsTiedInterfereCitizenshipMysticalPrivate Life Book:The Practice of Management Source: The Practice of Management
“... giving tax incentives for more labor ownership of company stock will do more to create jobs and increase productivity than all the "emergency full employment" bills proposed.” GivingWisdomJobsPoliticsCompanyEconomyTaxesLaborIncreaseBillsProductivityEmploymentLiberalismOwnershipEmergenciesIncentives Author:Jack Kemp
“Laziness begat wearisomeness, and this put men in quest of diversions, play and company, on which however it is a constant attendant; he who works hard, has enough to do with himself otherwise.” MenHardEnoughPlayCompanyHard WorkConstantEmploymentLazinessQuestsDiversion Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“By an irony of fate, my first employment was as a draughtsman. I hated drawing; it was for me the very worst of annoyances. Fortunately, it was not long before I secured the position I sought, that of chief electrician to the telephone company.” FirstsLongCompanyFateWorstPositionDrawingEmploymentChiefsHatedIronyTelephonesSecuredAnnoyanceElectrician Author:Nikola Tesla
“In our industry today only a strong company with a global reach can ensure long-term employment and provide acceptable returns for shareholders.” LongMotivationalTodayStrongTermCompanyIndustryReturnEmploymentLong TermAcceptableShareholders Author:Lakshmi
“If joining IBM was commitment, not employment, and the company engaged in something more than business, it had a right to demand of its men unconditional loyalty, Watson believed.” IfsMenBeliefBusinessCompanyDemandCommitmentLoyaltyEmploymentEngagedUnconditionalJoiningWatsonIbm Author:Thomas Watson
“At college, I felt frustrated thinking three years was a long time and I just wanted a job but afterwards I was in employment the whole time. I got into a theatre company and started doing stand-up gigs for cash, so I lived hand-to-mouth, but there was always enough to pay the bills.” ThinkingYearsLongEnoughWholeHandsWantedJobsThreeFeltPayCompanyCollegeLong TimeMouthsBillsTheatreEmploymentThree YearsCashFrustratedGigs Author:Bill Bailey