Collective bargaining organizations that seek only to get more money for the same efforts will not succeed. I think any kind of tenure is bad for business and ultimately bad for employees. It might seem unfair that someone with 14 years seniority gets passed over for someone with only 5 years experience. But perhaps the senior worker doesn t really have 14 years experience. Perhaps the senior worker has only 1 year s experience 14 times over.
True security lies in our ability to provide real value to the marketplace.
And it s up to us to learn and train ourselves to change with the needs of the market and our employers. I ve always liked the story of two boyhood friends who both started out working for the railroad. The laborer was once asked why he had not advanced and his friend had become so successful. The laborer s answer was interesting. Years ago I went to work for seventy-five cents an hour.