Today, we would like to discuss and ponder the topic of ‘Employee loyalty’. Just recently, a few young people in the church mentioned it as a workplace reality these days. From time to time, we would hear about a friend who was retrenched the moment he reached middle age after working in the company for about twenty years.  On one hand, a lot of companies seem ‘heartless’ in terminating their long-term staff with hardly any room for negotiation. On the other hand, many enterprises place an emphasis on the loyalty of employees during recruitment.

I thought that our listeners who are middle aged or older will recall that a lot of companies value ‘employee loyalty’. New employees usually has to learn on the job and adapt to the workplace conditions. The company may be thrown into chaos if the staff is not dedicated and leaves immediately after the training. Therefore, during recruitment, the company will look at how frequently the candidate has changed jobs. If it is often, such a person comes across as impetuous and disloyal. He may not even be interviewed. However, once a person is employed, he may possibly stay in the company all his life if the company treats him well......