re: My assistant of 10 years gave her notice today.

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Companies don’t have unlimited dollars for payroll. A company’s number 1 goal is to profit. It’s business. You show your loyalty by treating the employee like a valued person.

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What a crock of horseshite. If one of your competitors offers me more money than you are and you aren't willing to match it, it tells me all I need to know about how you feel about me as an employee.

Employees have to constantly job hop every few years now to maximize their earning potential because companies always pay external hires more than they would pay an internal hire for the same position.

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You are 100% right, frick ‘em. She needed more money, she should have scheduled a meeting and talked to you about it.

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He literally said he was not going to match it, WTF are you talking about?

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I am training some of my people for their next job.

Others, I will do whatever in my power to keep.

That's, um, management.

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One of the funniest things you always hear Manager types say, "This place wouldn't be able to function without me."

And they say that thinking it's because they're so good at their job, but that's a huge red flag and basically an admission that you really suck at your job.

If you're truly a good manager/leader of a department, you should ensure your staff and department can run perfectly fine if you're not there. It's your job to do just that. The department falls apart without you? Lovely, WTF have you been doing the past 2 years to fix that and get your employees up to speed...sounds like not a whole lot.

You can have my assistant of 4 months....late at least once a week and still struggling with basic details