Employees Quotes

“Somebody once said that in looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if you don’t have the first, the other two will kill you. You think about it; it’s true. If you hire somebody without [integrity], you really want them to be dumb and lazy.”
― Warren Buffett

“Low employee engagement is a symptom of a suboptimal workplace culture”
― Hanna Hasl-Kelchner, Seeking Fairness at Work: Cracking the New Code of Greater Employee Engagement, Retention & Satisfaction

“Resources are hired to give results, not reasons.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Actually, [Wax] said, we came here because we needed someplace safe to think for a few hours."
Ranette: "Your mansion isn't safe?"
Wax: "My butler failed to poison me, then tried to shoot me, then set off an explosive in my study"
Ranette: "Huh.... You need to screen these people better, Wax.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Alloy of Law

“I have always believed that the way you treat your employees is the way they will treat your customers, and that people flourish when they are praised.” Sir”
― Sir Richard Branson

“The employed are punished by having to do what they do not love. The self-employed are punished by the opposite.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Investors are people with more money than time.
Employees are people with more time than money.
Entrepreneurs are simply the seductive go-betweens.
Startups are business experiments performed with other people’s money.
Marketing is like sex: only losers pay for it.”
“Company culture is what goes without saying.
There are no real rules, only laws.
Success forgives all sins.
People who leak to you, leak about you.
Meritocracy is the propaganda we use to bless the charade.
Greed and vanity are the twin engines of bourgeois society.
Most managers are incompetent and maintain their jobs via inertia and politics.
Lawsuits are merely expensive feints in a well-scripted conflict narrative between corporate entities.
Capitalism is an amoral farce in which every player—investor, employee, entrepreneur, consumer—is complicit.”
― Antonio García Martínez, Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley

“Employers pay with their money for what employees have paid for with portions of their lives.”
― @Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Treat your employees like they make a difference, and they will.”
― Dax Bamania

“Empowered employees with a clear understanding of the vision are the ones who will put it into action and make it a success.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“Most employees are like interchangeable machine parts. When they show up to work, there is no trace of the person they replaced, and then they leave, they make no lasting impression and it's as if they were never there.”
― Jarod Kintz, A Memoir of Memories and Memes

“Think about management to support rather than dictate. Be there to serve, to unblock obstacles, not to tell people what to do and how to do it.”
― Ines Garcia, Sustainable Happy Profit

“Create a movement, a cause, a revolution for your employees to work towards, instead of a company to work for.”
― Ted Rubin

“Employees are the heart of any company; nurturing their growth leads to a flourishing organization.”
― Dax Bamania

“Employees who feel supported and appreciated are more likely to go above and beyond for their organization.”
― Dax Bamania

“The most successful startups are those that are able to balance the needs of their customers, employees, and investors, while staying true to their vision and values.”
― Justin Ho Guo Shun, The Art and Science of Startup

“William Coyne headed research and development at 3M—the company behind Ace bandages, Post-it notes, Scotch tape, and other inventions—for over a decade. Shortly after retiring, Coyne spoke to a group of hundreds of executives about innovation at 3M and his own management style. He said he’d started at 3M as a researcher and learned firsthand how well-meaning but nosy executives who proffer too many questions and suggestions can undermine creative work. So when he became head of R&D, he was determined to allow his teams to work for long stretches, unfettered by intrusions from higher-ups. Coyne understood his colleagues’ curiosity; if successful, an R&D project could generate millions in new revenue. But he limited their interference (and his own) because, he said, “After you plant a seed in the ground, you don’t dig it up every week to see how it is doing.”
― Robert I. Sutton

“...executives are often insulated from the scale and variety of problems faced by junior employees. Even when senior leaders try to seek out information, most employees put on a brave face because they’re afraid to show weakness or vulnerability. Top leaders are further handicapped by their own psychology: Research shows that power reduces empathy, which means they identify less with both the frontline employees’ challenges and the middle managers who must deal with these issues daily.”
― Heidi K. Gardner

“Busyness is not business, because one can be busy transacting nothing.”
― Utibe Samuel Mbom, Your Clients and You

“Business first; benefits last.”
― Utibe Samuel Mbom, Your Clients and You

“When frustrations rise and morale declines, becoming the new norm, it creates an opportunity for employees to leave the organization.”
― Sasha Laghonh

“Work, thence identified as consistent, indefinite and systematic remunerative labor, foists its demands upon the employee and not the employer.”
― J. Phillip Johnson, The Invention of Work

“Employers conversely view the work of their employees, and the employees themselves, as a thing that belongs to them as a personal possession. This extends beyond some notion that workers have sold their labor or their “time” to the employer. Employers in practice completely own a worker during a designated period of work, and measure this ownership according to time. This is why time is managed and not the quantity or quality of tasks completed. The manner by which time is managed is similar to inventory management. When a worker fails to offer himself up for the designated hours, even despite the possibility of circumstances outside his control, the worker is expected to “make up” the time lost, much like reparations paid to an employer for stolen goods. Employers handle “lost hours” as part of loss prevention for physical products. The worker’s skills, ignobly called “human capital,” comports to an employer’s existing technologies for this reason: workers themselves become capital, and capital supports other capital through modification.”
― J. Phillip Johnson, The Invention of Work

“My human coworker sometimes talks about not wanting to work, and then he'll say something quite odd and rather silly. What is it he says, now? There's more to a person than the work they do, or A person is more than just their work? Something like that. But what else could a person be? Where would your food come from? Who would keep you company? How would you get by without work and without your coworkers?”
― Olga Ravn, The Employees

“Since I'm no longer a senior employee, but an old employee, everyone else has lost interest in me, and this has been an extremely liberating experience. In my mind, I live at the top of the hill. I seem almost to drift through the ship in a state of light-headedness.”
― Olga Ravn, The Employees

“Alma focused. She went behind the tall wood-carved bar and straightened the tequila bottles. She loved the colors and designs of the containers--- brightly colored, some were even hand-painted. Her favorite bottle was a white ceramic one painted with intricate blue leaves. The shape of the bottle resembled the curves of a woman, and the liquor itself was just as robust, just as refined--- truly the intersection of quality and art.
She signaled her bar manager, Lupe, to turn the music on, to which Lupe quickly obliged. The melodic sounds of one of her favorite Spanish ballads filled the air; the singer's deep baritone voice almost as intoxicating as the liquor in the place.
Almost.
A waft from the kitchen danced through her nostrils. Though this was a tequila bar, Mezcalifornia was known for its happy hour. They served mostly the usual fare that you would expect--- small carnitas street tacos, fresh-charred corn dressed with a tangy garlic sauce and garnished with cotija cheese, mini ahi tostadas, and of course, guacamole. She hadn't wanted a typical sit-down restaurant with gourmet food and a wine list. Been there, done that.
No. She wanted a vibe. A destination. An experience.”
― Alana Albertson, My Fair Señor

“When lack of trust is present, ambitious employees are quick to start assessing their professional decisions to stay or leave an employer because the communication channels are flawed.”
― Sasha Laghonh

“The length of the interview doesn't always dictate whether it was a success or not. Times have changed and people need to pay attention by divorcing stereotypes of what makes a good interview.”
― Sasha Laghonh

“Hotheaded myopic leaders are rarely entertaining to watch. They're a train wreck away from causing chaos - for everyone.”
― Sasha Laghonh

“When accountability exists at every level, employees feel protected.”
― Shamail Aijaz, Before They Walk Away: A Leadership Guide to Fixing Policy Failures and Retaining Good Employees