Originally Posted by
Athena53
I don't want them to think:
1. I'm embezzling from the company
2. We're so rich that our house is full of lovely things to steal or we might pay ransom if one of our kids is kidnapped
3. I made business travel decisions that were detrimental to the company in order to rack up points
4. They can dump me out in the next downsizing wave because we have so much money we go to Europe every year.
Interesting thread that seems to again highlight the difference in attitudes between the average American and the rest of us on this planet.
Athena53, apologies for picking out your post but for me it captures perfectly the collective paranoia that exists in corporate America today.
I have a rather different approach. My company is lucky to have me and I let them know it as often as possible, quite often on a postcard from somewhere far, far away.
