re: Is the "Company Man" culture dead?

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Gen X is starting to get older and in their feels and many my age, at least in my field, are prioritizing family life more than ever.

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I think thats age related. Once you realize you have less time to live than you evert will and people your own age (or close to it) start to die, your perspective changes. And if you've been working for a while you start to feel less enthusiastic about it. At least I do. I still want to do a good job as I want to maintain my good reputation. But I'm not neat as dedicated to my job as I was for the first twenty + years.

And I hate to say it, but small companies are no different than large corporations when it comes to employment. Workers will burn a small business owner just as they would a large corporation. But that small busines will lay you off just as quickly if need be.

The companies killed that culture. You're killing your own career by being loyal to a company who isn't loyal to you.

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I think they still exist to a certain extent in the world of local/independently owned businesses and companies where employees can know their owners and executives on a personal level and feel like they have some skin in the game.

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Very much so. I'm not going to sit here and say I'm the best owner in the world. I'm not. I for sure have my many faults, but one of those faults isn't treating employees as numbers. I care deeply about my employees and their lives. I do everything in my ability to make sure they're taken care of.

I've had to do layoffs before. I still lose sleep over them. It's gut wrenching when you're looking at a roster and having to make the decision of who stays and who goes. I know these people's families, and I know what happens when I have to make those choices. shite, I hate firing people that deserve to be fired. I think any good owner should have serious introspective abilities and be honest about their own failures that led to terminations of layoffs. I'm the guy leading the ship, and responsibility falls on me.

Find good people. Develop their talents. Take care of them. Be honest with them. Do that, and you'll find "company men" still exist, even in the Millennial and Z generations. My average tenure among my 45 employees is 10.6 years. Average private sector tenure is 3.9 years.

Unless you’re sellling it you’re an imbecile for not using it. It’s part of your compensation.

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When I grew up people took pride in being a "company man". That doesn't seem to be the case anymore.

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Damn straight. The rise of 401K gave workers more freedom. It is a good thing. Treat it as such.

I'm loyal to your moms company

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All I have to say, "do your duty".

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No.

That died with the pension.

Pride in your work.and improving on your own without being forced to means self motiviation. Being a company man is not slaving to the company, it's working with the management to promote a good atmosphere that's conducive to producing a good product. Congrats to you for seeing that and rewarding your.people accordingly. Small gestures can go a long way. Money's not always the answer because raises aren't infinite. As to the posters with no loyalty, enjoy the job hopping.

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Spin-off from another thread about not taking PTO.

When I grew up people took pride in being a "company man". That doesn't seem to be the case anymore.

All I have to say, "do your duty".

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Yes and no. I don't think laying it all on the line for your employer is the way to go anymore, but, if you know you're in a good spot and you get a fair amount of leeway in how you conduct your work along with perks, then you should have a slant towards giving back to the company.