The company was there when they started, it'll thrive when they're gone. I've seen this several times at a couple different companies. It usually happens when someone feels like they are being treated unfairly and they either resign of just walk out. Usually they'll make a statement as they leave or we'll hear it from friends they've made at work. They always think the company will fold since they left, and it never does.
2006-10-11 09:17:51 · 11 answers · asked by ☆skyblue 7 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
I think it's in human nature that we all think that what we're doing at the moment is important, thus when leaving a job we would think that the important stuff that we're doing will not be able to be carried out by another.
2006-10-11 09:27:52 · answer #1 · answered by teo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Human nature, I guess. However, that doesn't make those type of people any less annoying. Good managers/business owners will not put themselves or their company in that position - where if one or two key people (usually people that have been there since day one or at least for several years) leave, they are sunk. Most anyone can be replaced, maybe not easily, but they can be replaced. It has been my experience that putting yourself in a position where your business can sink comes from having the brains to have a good office manager (which is a good thing!) that knows how to run the show, and basically knows how to do everyone else's job in a pinch. Then you take all your other employees and do not cross train them. They are then unable to cover someone else's job in an emergency or case of illness, or someone quitting. The office manager cannot possibly do their job, plus 2-3 other people's job (not effectively, anyway) at the same time. Then what happens if the office manager quits? You guessed it - you are sunk. That is why good managers/business owners hire an office manager and make sure that all the other employees are cross-trained as well.
2006-10-11 10:15:41 · answer #2 · answered by BRIAN W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In most cases, this is true. The last company I worked for folded after 3 people, who had been there less than 5 years, quit.
2006-10-11 09:26:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It makes them feel better to think that since the company probably did not appreciate them when they had them. The trouble I think is that companies can easily replace anyone and the hard working employee is not longer considered an asset to the company.
2006-10-11 09:32:54 · answer #4 · answered by Tiny Jr. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
and some people just think they are more important than they actually are! full of themselves.
but on the other hand it could be that they are trying to convince themselves that they are the glue to a company, therefore making themselves feel good about thyself. get it?
2006-10-11 09:22:59 · answer #5 · answered by Killer Tomato 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Human nature.
2006-10-11 09:21:44 · answer #6 · answered by Life after 45 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone likes to think that they're important and have a real contribution to make. Sounds totally normal to me!
2006-10-11 09:20:10 · answer #7 · answered by SuzeY 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because they work really hard to build up their company. And becasue they are the founders.
2006-10-11 09:25:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's call over rating ones' importance. We all do it in certain circumstances.
2006-10-11 09:21:17 · answer #9 · answered by longroad 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they are so self absorbed that they believe it to be true.
2006-10-11 09:21:12 · answer #10 · answered by carasmom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋