Sentimental Value of the Work Place

People go to work not just for the money.
Money, yes - to priority.
But other than money, people value friendship, recognition, building
up of character and life out of the work place.

Last year, 1 company was terminated. This company had gone through
thick and thin with us for the past 20 over years. The owner cried. My
boss would say, it is all business. Nothing else.

Soon, they may want to terminate some more. Of course there are
reasons. But sometimes the reasons do not reach the root cause, which
may render the decision to terminate to be premature, and then,
damaging. What is the end in mind exactly?

It is hard to be in a business where you have no niche. Nor support
from the government. Nor the interest of the workforce to join your
industry. I have not found any single justification on why we still
hang on to this business. Sentimental value?

In a modern world where money rules over other things, do feelings and
friendships and bond of brotherhood or sisterhood count anymore? Serve
me and I pay you. Make no mistake and I pay you more - what you call
incentives. Serve me and then you make mistake, even though we have
gone through all the turmoil in business for the past umpteenth years,
out you go. The gate is always open.

What they don't realize is, there is no queue outside who want to come
in. When you throw a company out, you expect a much better one will
replace them. For new companies who are manned by YUPPIES, business is
all about easy money. Perhaps in the old school, business was about
friendship, pride and money. But for the YUPPIES, sorry man, money and
only money rules. When you offer me such a low money for such high
risk nature of works, good bye. So what we will be left with?

People say its better to know the devil you know, rather than the
angels you dont know...or something like that....

I am pretty sad when people say I have served through this place for
such a long time, lending helping hands, sweat through with the
clients with you, and yet, for a mistake, where root cause is not yet
determined, I will punish you forever. He was sad. I am too. Pride and
relationships. Recognition and emotional connection. Where have all
those gone to?

Are we all robots now? Capitalism. Karl Marx is still laughing in his grave.