What that tells me is employers better figure out how to treat their people better if they want to attract the best talent and keep it. The bond between employers and employees is further strained by corporations that insist on a materialist model of doing business in a postmaterialist world, Giacalone said. Giacalone recalls one company that was having a tough time retaining its tech people in a tight labor market. The scary part was they left for lower paying jobs. The HR woman said it didn't make any sense, but it does.
Money is no longer a primary motivation factor.
What motivates people to stay is a work environment where they are respected, Giacalone said. They are beginning to disrespect what corporations stand for and what corporations do, largely because they feel that corporations have disrespected them. Sabotage is an outgrowth of this disrespect. Sabotage Copyright 2001 Los Angeles Times. May not be reproduced or retransmitted without permission.