transparency tyranny loyalty employer @ university california berkeley public private organizations phase creative disassembly constant reinvention adjustments constant hundreds thousands jobs shed chevron numi wells fargo bank hp starbucks state counties cities solid world class institutions like university california berkeley leadership chancellor birgeneau & provost breslauer firing staff faculty time lecturers estimates state california jettison 47000 positions
yet employees professionals faculty cling old assumptions critical relationship implied unwritten contract employer employee
until recently loyalty cornerstone relationship employers promised job security steady progress hierarchy return employees’s fitting performing prescribed ways sticking longevity sign employeer employee relations turnover sign dysfunction assumptions apply today organizations longer guarantee employment lifetime careers want to
organizations paralyzed attachment “success brings success’ “success brings failure’ forced break implied contract employees – contract nurtured management future employees finding hard won knowledge skills capabilities earned loyal longer valuable employment market place
what kind contract employers employees make central idea simple powerful job position shared situation employers employees face market financial conditions longevity partnership depends profit profit continues meet needs customers constituencies employer employee future obligation organizations train people employees develop kind security really need – skills knowledge capabilities enhance future employability
the partnership dissolved party considering traitor faculty staff loyalty cal dead – used