CHAPTER 21
You Owe Me: Loyalty Versus Tenure
During a break at a corporate event I was leading, I overheard a guy from engineering talking to a newer employee. I had never worked with this guy but knew he had been at the company for more than ten years. He had produced steady and decent results for most of that decade-plus and was among the best at the company. Some had produced better results over that time, but most had left the company while he stayed. And he appeared to be leveraging that for all it was worth. Everything about his words and even his posture screamed “big fish in a small pond” attitude and gave off a “don't mess with me” vibe. Not that he was unlikeable. On the contrary, like most people, I found him funny and charming. But ...
Get Serve Up, Coach Down now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
