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The "do your job, keep your job" idea has been mostly dead for decades
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The "do your job, keep your job" idea has been mostly dead for decades

Even if you're a warrior for your company, there's no guarantee you'll be able to stay there. That's just the modern contract.

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Ted Bauer
Aug 26, 2020
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I got that concept from this article and this section:

Systematic shredding of long-standing “do your job, keep your job” cultures in the last 20 to 30 years of the 20th century eviscerated the psychological contract between employer and employee, even as employers complained about the remarkable demise of employee loyalty. Since 1978, CEO pay has increa…

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