Re: My opinion......This author comes off as a spoiled teenager, because its everyone elses fault.
" I don't see any real focus on on what the employee can do to add value to the company and thus solidify their position with the company."
I call "House" on this round of BS bingo.
" No smart businessman dumps an asset that continually brings value to the company.""
Wrong. Internal IT departments are not viewed as "assets" but as cost centres,
If it's a software house I'd refer you to "The Good Wife" S4/Ep21 for a view on how they view their meat devs.
"The first reality everyone needs to understand.....Every company exists NOT for their employees, but because there is a market for their services/products. Businesses are only ongoing entities as long as they are profitable and competitive. "
Wrong again. The only mandate a business has is to make a return for its investors. There is no market for SCO or other patent trolls yet (like cockroaches, but without the fringe benefits of their existence) they exist.
"Employees are hired to add value to the company and any employee that adds value, will grow/advance with the company. "
And has this happened to you? Have you been rewarded for it? Because if you haven't you've just been "stroked" by your management. Responsibility without authority is BS. Responsibility with authority without remuneration is also BS.
"You have to love what you do and where you work. "
You should but IRL that's rare. The ideal employee from (certain) management perspectives is remarkably like the "focused" characters in Vernor Vinges "A Deepness in the Sky."
When a CEO (who in the FTSE 100 collects on average > 100x the salary of their employees. I think the figure is somewhat higher in the US) says that wanting to be able to afford a nice place to live and a decent standard of living for my family without working an 80 hour week is "disloyalty" you know the phrase "We're all in this together" is complete b***cks.