The New Employee Loyalty Cautiously Optimistic

The New Employee Loyalty â€" Cautiously Optimistic I had a cool discussion with two fascinating people on a flight out of San Jose, to Las Vegas on Friday night. On one side was a VP of Marketing for a mid-sized company, on the other side was a junior at a local college. I was telling the VP of Marketing that I didnt think Id be able to have any loyalty towards any company I worked for you know, after getting laid off it is very difficult to trust again. He said sure you will have loyalty. But youll be cautiously optimistic. I dont mean to beat a dead horse about getting voted off the island where I worked, but experiences like that stay with you for a very long time. And Im not alone (check out the amazing comments on my Depression Clouds Everything post). But Ive felt bad about perhaps not having the same enthusiasm, passion and dedication towards a future employer. When this VP phrased it as cautiously optimistic, that really resonated with me. Now, with this new phrase, I can go back to an employer and give them all I have to give, do an excellent job, work for the common goals of the team or department, etc. Ill put in the Jason Alba work ethic, for sure. All with a new understanding of employee loyalty, which is the old way of saying cautious optimism. The New Employee Loyalty â€" Cautiously Optimistic I had a cool discussion with two fascinating people on a flight out of San Jose, to Las Vegas on Friday night. On one side was a VP of Marketing for a mid-sized company, on the other side was a junior at a local college. I was telling the VP of Marketing that I didnt think Id be able to have any loyalty towards any company I worked for you know, after getting laid off it is very difficult to trust again. He said sure you will have loyalty. But youll be cautiously optimistic. I dont mean to beat a dead horse about getting voted off the island where I worked, but experiences like that stay with you for a very long time. And Im not alone (check out the amazing comments on my Depression Clouds Everything post). But Ive felt bad about perhaps not having the same enthusiasm, passion and dedication towards a future employer. When this VP phrased it as cautiously optimistic, that really resonated with me. Now, with this new phrase, I can go back to an employer and give them all I have to give, do an excellent job, work for the common goals of the team or department, etc. Ill put in the Jason Alba work ethic, for sure. All with a new understanding of employee loyalty, which is the old way of saying cautious optimism. The New Employee Loyalty â€" Cautiously Optimistic I had a cool discussion with two fascinating people on a flight out of San Jose, to Las Vegas on Friday night. On one side was a VP of Marketing for a mid-sized company, on the other side was a junior at a local college. I was telling the VP of Marketing that I didnt think Id be able to have any loyalty towards any company I worked for you know, after getting laid off it is very difficult to trust again. He said sure you will have loyalty. But youll be cautiously optimistic. I dont mean to beat a dead horse about getting voted off the island where I worked, but experiences like that stay with you for a very long time. And Im not alone (check out the amazing comments on my Depression Clouds Everything post). But Ive felt bad about perhaps not having the same enthusiasm, passion and dedication towards a future employer. When this VP phrased it as cautiously optimistic, that really resonated with me. Now, with this new phrase, I can go back to an employer and give them all I have to give, do an excellent job, work for the common goals of the team or department, etc. Ill put in the Jason Alba work ethic, for sure. All with a new understanding of employee loyalty, which is the old way of saying cautious optimism.