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My first thought of a loyal employee doesn't involve any short-term attributes:
it implies an unwritten committment to stay with a company though he or she
may not have the perfect job at all times.  You know, sort-of like marriage?
This definition of commitment is most readily illustrated in Japan, where
employees commit to a company for life, and the company, in turn, is willing
to invest years of training in them.

This means that a loyal employee doesn't quit because he or she doesn't
get promoted for a month or two after they expected it.  It means they put
up with a "bread-and-butter" project that his or her division needs to do, but
which isn't as "sexy" as his or her last project.  It means that he or she
doesn't take company money to get a Master's degree, then run off for
a higher salary, taking advantage of an obscure loophole that absolves them
of financial repayment.

A loyal employee, however, DOES NOT sacrifice church, family, or friends for
the company.  That is a short-sighted solution that hurts both employee and
company in the long-run.


Wayne Folta          (folta@tove.umd.edu  128.8.128.42)