Jeffrey R. Immelt Quotes

I love working for Disney! They are my family.

Any good business is a hobby. We have an integrated company culture, and I can honestly say that many people who come here to work make Yandex a central part of their lives.

I love being part of a company, and telling a story.

We believe Ineos is a refreshing place to work. We believe strongly in employee share ownership.

I think it's absolutely essential that the people that work for a company need to feel that they're part of something bigger - that it's not just a job.

I love my business. I love my employees.

The single most important thing that I feel responsible for is that the company cherishes the work.

I have enjoyed every minute of my time at United.

The tech company needs to win in the war for talent. This means much greater focus on the employee, not simply as cog in the machine, but vital member of a programming team in a race against time and competitors. Wall Street is up-or-out, dog-eat-dog, survival of the fittest.

Hire passionate employees.

I'm happy to be with this organization, and I hope to retire as a Yankee.

The notion that employees and companies have a social contract with each other that goes beyond a paycheck has largely vanished in United States business.

If you hire people just because they can do a job, they'll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they'll work for you with blood, sweat, and tears.

I hadn't really worked in an office before Shutterstock, so I didn't have the experience of building a culture, nor did I understand how important that is for attracting and retaining the best talent.

Sam Walton instilled ownership of the products in the stores into the collective consciousness of every associate regardless of what job they did for the company.

In a lot of work places, you work at a lot of jobs and people work more with their colleagues than with their family.

We just want to have great people working for us.

Many of my staff have been with me for over 20 years. I have a great team, and I make sure they feel respected and appreciated.

In talking to founder after founder; I've heard almost visceral reactions to working for companies, even very cool ones with great things to work on and lots of opportunity, like Facebook, Google, or consulting firms.

Working at a big company sucks - avoid it. Smaller companies are 10 times better for learning.

There's a dance happening on both sides of the table. Individuals are giving their personal and career values a lot more weight when it comes to finding a company that aligns with both. At the same time, companies are becoming a lot more transparent about their core values as an organization and the types of people they want to attract.

'Office Space' I loved doing.

I've worked in many companies, and I think that, number one, if you are going to have a great environment, you produce great work... If people are happy, that's what's important. Life is short.

People want to be a part of an organization that lets them be fully alive and bring their gifts to work. People really do want to be engaged and feel proud of their contribution.

It's not just hours and pay that are important anymore. People want to know what the company is like, what the culture is.