Employee Quotes · Page 23

Paying your employees well is not only the right thing to do but it makes for good business.

— James Sinegal

“Employee satisfaction is not a destination; it's a journey that requires continuous effort and improvement.”

— Dax Bamania

You never want to be in a place where an employee has vested 3 out of the 4 years of stock and…

— Sam Altman

I think as a rough estimate, you should aim to give about 10% of the company to the first 10 employees.

— Sam Altman

Failing to differentiate among employees — and holding on to bottom-tier performers — is actually the cruelest form of management there is.

— Jack Welch

When hiring key employees, there are only two qualities to look for: judgement and taste. Almost everything else can be bought by…

— John W. Gardner

The common wisdom is that ... managers have to learn to motivate people. Nonsense. Employees bring their own motivation.

— Tom Peters

I have never seen an employee who jumps out of bed in the morning in order to create shareholder value.

— Dov Seidman

What do you really believe makes a difference in the company? For me it's really clear. It's about customers and employees. Everything…

— Anne M. Mulcahy

A little-known company with a realistic framework that appeals to entrepreneurial employees is going to be more attractive than a famous company…

— Reid Hoffman

What I've done as a union leader and what literally thousands of other union representatives do, is make sure that we have…

— Bill Shorten

Snerdley is one of the most loyal employees. Snerdley believes that I have only received about 2% of the credit that I…

— Rush Limbaugh

I don't want our success to be measured only by financial yardsticks, or by our distribution or number of shops. What I…

— Anita Roddick

The rapid deterioration of education has been recognized as a national problem for the past several years. Consequently, American businesses must meet…

— Gregory Balestrero

I'm not sure the notion of employee or job is going to survive the transition over the next couple of decades. The…

— Paul Saffo

From the employees' standpoint, in 1935, Social Security was a big gamble. Employees would be required to participate in the program, contributing…

— Wayne Allard

All employees are obliged to act in concert, to behave in accordance with corporate form and corporate law. If someone attempted to…

— Jerry Mander

There really are two Americas, one for the grifter class and one for everybody else. In everybody-else land, the world of small…

— Matt Taibbi

Today government touches everything in America and harms almost everything it touches. Federal, state, and local governments together spend 42 out of…

— Malcolm Wallop

Loyalty is dead, the experts proclaim, and the statistics seem to bear them out. On average, U.S. corporations now lose half their…

— Fred Reichheld

Why are CEO's who slash jobs so proud of themselves? Instead of bragging about 'cutting fat,' they ought to be getting up…

— Dale Dauten

The best worst example of making people feel unappreciated today lies in the casualness, indeed indifference with regard to massive lay-offs even…

— Judith M Bardwick

What I'd like to see is a private [healthcare] system without the artificial lines around every state. I have a big company…

— Donald Trump

I would tell startups to just keep your head down, keep building. Your contingency plan, if you have one, should be because…

— Chamath Palihapitiya

Founders are usually very stingy with equity to employees and very generous with equity to investors. I think this is totally backwards.

— Sam Altman

You, me...we own this country. Politicians are employees of ours…And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them…

— Clint Eastwood

Every first time founder waits too long, everyone hopes that an employee will turn around. But the right answer is to fire…

— Sam Altman

“One of the main differences between a slave and an employee is that the employee sold themselves.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Old Age homes are civilization's dumpsites for human beings who it cannot exploit further.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

The only thing worse than losing an employee you have trained is keeping an employee you haven't trained.

— Zig Ziglar

The best source by far for hiring is people that you already know and people that other employees in the company already…

— Sam Altman

The focus on process rather than purpose creates an insidious opportunity for sly employees to manipulate the system.

— Laszlo Bock

A good education prepares a child to be a good employee and a good citizen-in that order, with the importance of the…

— Cullen Hightower

A leader should have higher grit and tenacity, and be able to endure what the employees can't.

— Jack Ma

How come you don't ever hear about gruntled employees? And who has been dis-ing them anyhow?

— Steven Wright

Shareholder value is a result, not a strategy . . . Your main constituencies are your employees, your customers and your products.

— Jack Welch

Employee participation programs and employee ownership are important efforts to deal with powerlessness at work.

— Daniel Yankelovich

Too many start up business fail simply because their owners continue to think and act like employees.

— Michael LeBoeuf

Our people are excited about building solutions, and it's rewarding to see how much fun Netscape employees have doing something they think…

— Anonymous

I'm the worst employee in the world. I'll cheat and steal time and resources from my employer, although I'll con everybody into…

— Irvine Welsh