Employee Quotes · Page 3

“The slave cannot be made to defecate for the master.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.

— Laurence J. Peter

When employees underperform, a leader tells them so.

— Jack Welch

The first day, week and month of an employee's experience carries a lasting impression.

— Scott Weiss

Employees represent an opportunity to inspire not a burden to carry.

— Simon Sinek

Our most important education system is in the employees' own organization.

— Peter Drucker

As an employee, you can't work for someone forever.

— Jermaine Dupri

If you start out to solely make money, you will attract the wrong kind of employees.

— Guy Kawasaki

Showing leadership doesn't mean every employee will run the organization; that would lead to chaos. Businesses do need someone to set the…

— Robin S. Sharma

“Don't miss work and never be late. Your boss will appreciate it, and he will reward you by shaking your hand in…

— Jarod Kintz

The society of organizations is new-only seventy years ago employees were a small minority in every society.

— Peter Drucker

I think it is possible to be friends with employees, but there has to be a respect level where you're not taken…

— Kenny Chesney

“Oh, this time I was doing the gossiping. You should really dismiss me for disloyalty, not to mention the disrespect I'm showing…

— Jayne Bauling

“At age forty, he had more employee name tags than girlfriends, and he just started liking mushrooms and zucchini. If they’re fried,…

— GLEN NESBITT

“Once employed, the employed's friends are reduced to creatures that he only sees when he has a new problem, or, something new…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“If you define yourself by the title of coach or boss, you’ll never earn real trust from your players or employees.”

— Bill Courtney

I never wanted Ford to be a place, like the tobacco industry, where our employees were not proud of coming to work…

— Anonymous

Profit isn't and shouldn't be the mission of business. The mission of business is to help people. To help your customers, your…

— Fran Tarkenton

Steve Jobs had something like a 90% approval rating from his employees. You hear stories about him being this short-tempered, aggressive person,…

— Ashton Kutcher

I was a terrible employee. I've been fired from almost every job I've ever had, luckily, in a good way, or else…

— Anthony Jeselnik

In the market economy the worker sells his services as other people sell their commodities. The employer is not the employee's lord.…

— Ludwig von Mises

Before the New York Times starts running "Portraits in Grief" of former Enron employees, it's worth remembering that even after the collapse,…

— Ann Coulter

How important is failure - yes, failure - to the health of a thriving, innovative business? So important that Ratan Tata, chairman…

— Naveen Jain

I have never left the company. I keep a tiny residual salary to this day because that's where my loyalty should be…

— Steve Wozniak

On my very first day at T-Mobile, I demanded that every time I spoke publicly to the company, all employees across the…

— John J. Legere

A tough manager will have realistic quotas for his employees that he keeps to himself and aggressively stretch quotas, anywhere from ten…

— Twyla Tharp

If you have more than one reason to do something (choose a doctor or veterinarian, hire a gardener or an employee, marry…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Other than areas of high-tech, fracking is probably one of the largest areas where concentrated growth in America's economy is taking place.…

— Rush Limbaugh

Publishing is the only industry I can think of where most of the employees spend most of their time stating with great…

— Donald E. Westlake

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

When I explain our company values and the foundation to prospective employees, they realize that they have an opportunity to do much…

— Marc Benioff

We have absolute trust in our employees. In fact, we are partners with them.

— Ricardo Semler

Taking care of your employees is extremely important and very, very visible.

— Larry Ellison

“Even as an entrepreneur, you need to see yourself as an employee of your business.”

— Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

Employees, especially young people, want more than a paycheck.

— Marissa Mayer

Choose the right employees and then set them loose.

— Carlos Slim

At Eventbrite, we care about the whole you, not just the employee you.

— Julia Hartz

“Behind every rich employer, there is a not-so rich employee.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Employee fathers need to step up to the plate and put their family needs on the table.

— James Levine