Monday Morning Musings-Employers Are Replaceable Too

Times are still tough and some employers are taking advantage of the employer's market out there, many requiring more work out of employees and paying less than in better times.  True, many employers are struggling themselves and doing the best they can for employees.  Others take every advantage where they can.  I know an employer who, in a fit of extremely bad judgment, told his employees they were all replaceable.  Sure, everybody is ultimately replaceable, we know that.  Life goes on, with or without us. But, good employees are hard to find and not easily replaceable, a fact to which most of us can surely attest if you have ever hired or managed employees.  And, if you take advantage of your employees, remember that, as employers, you are also replaceable, even in a bad market.  It's simply a matter of time.  The predictable end to the story of the employer above is that he went out of business after a mass exodus not long after his statement.  There are good and bad employees.  There are good and bad employers.  Strive to be one of the good ones and you will not be replaced, at least easily. http://www.employmentlawman.com/monday-morning-musings.html