Employer Quotes

[It wasn't exactly easy for her employers either, she says.] They were scared to death... I was the first one they ever had to deal with. - Donna Rose

[Free agency can be traced back to the 1980s, when corporate America sought to trim the fat by casting off its work force en masse, says Pink. Those jettisoned were left to find work for themselves; those lucky enough to keep their jobs were left to worry if they'd be next. Amidst it all, the bond between worker and employer weakened as people realized they were so much unappreciated chattel.] People's expectations from corporate America have waned... People want money and meaning from work. - Pink

[Economists said the data suggested a long-awaited change in the outlook of employers, a movement away from years of reluctance to add new workers.] The rate of job creation from 2000 through mid-'04 was just stuck in the cellar... and this was an underappreciated, ongoing cause of the jobless recovery. - Jared Bernstein

[By pulling out of the AFL-CIO and proposing to start an organization, Stern and his Teamster ally James Hoffa -- other unions may join them -- are embarking on a laboratory test.] Our world has changed, our economy has changed, employers have changed... But the AFL-CIO is not willing to make fundamental change. - Andy Stern

[Bleak outlook from small business Challenger also points out that a survey of small businesses (fewer than 500 employees) found that only 14 percent of them plan on adding workers in the near future.] That is troubling... Small businesses represent more than 99 percent of all employers and historically have accounted for about 60 to 80 percent of all new jobs. - John Challenger