I came here a long time ago and now I am counting the days until retirement. Someone asked me recently would I look for a job here again if it was possible to turn back time. I don't think so. It is unfortunate that BH no longer looks like an attractive company for young and capable people. Admittedly, I’m no longer sure if it’s just BH or talented young people starting to bypass this industry in general.
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In this industry, change has been a constant theme for many, many years. But these days the pace of change is much quicker and the factors involved are much more difficult to predict. There have been downturns where people were just glad to take a job, any job, because the opportunities were so limited.
With uncertainties in the job market, there is now much more focus on life-work balance. This means less loyalty to the Company and much more interest in “me”. The Company have themselves to blame because they no longer foster loyalty and certainly no longer define the employee.
The place to be when the turntable is spinning fast is close to the centre. Sleep on the fact that Simonelli and cohorts have made more in share value alone than the average employee will make in a life time !
Bottom line for the employee, is ride the wave and do what’s best for you and your family.
Some of it's the lack of pension, company layoff cycles and overall loyalty to employees. There are certainly "sexier" careers and companies out there. The media is doing a good job of painting the industry as dinosaurs slowly dying.