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Is Loyalty Over-Rated?

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 It seems more and more as time has gone by this year, people have been abruptly let go from their positions. These are not cases of deserved complaints against the agent. Rather I have seen vague remarks about things not being a good fit or the call is handled one way that follows the knowledge base but the company/client decided to handle it another way-without updating the information.


 It disheartens me to see this happen to people I network with in the various social media platforms. I am very tense at times over the lack of opportunities out there, particularly for the 1099 crowd. Among the major platforms, I have seen fewer and fewer opportunities. IC-ers have to cast a wider and wider net to find contracts to service. 


 Even among the employee crowd, many companies that otherwise were fully remote and dependable have turned to hybrid/onsite or a type of churn and burn. However not all of the blame goes to the company.


  Some - but not all - would be workers are ill-prepared for remote WFH life. I have been in too many trainings over the years where people did not know how to use zoom, msteams, adobe connect, slack and other programs. All of the how-tos can be found for free and easily enough on YouTube. It is a lose-lose situation. 


 So how can one stay loyal and yet diversify? Frankly, it is a tough situation and in many cases it is not possible to do so and have a long-standing financial plan. Workers are coming to the realization that having more than one place of employment or a platform to contract services is the best road to take for themselves and their family. 


 Just like people should not complain about a company's business decision...the company should realize that the worker needs to do what is best for them. There is loyalty to family. Work is not family. 

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