Employee Value Quotes

Everybody understands that you're supposed to say 'our employees are our most valuable asset' to the point where, even if it's really true, they're not going to really trust you until you've earned that - same with customers.

A company's employees are its greatest asset and your people are your product

I can't very well preach unity and tell the guys we're all in this together and everyone's important, then cut a guy because we might improve by one percent if we bring in someone else.

If you want to invest in us, we believe customer number one, employee number two, shareholder number three. If they don't want to buy that, that's fine. If they regret, they can sell us.

Sure, sometimes guys pass you up in salary, and maybe it's a lesser player, but it's all based on what a team has as far as value in that person.

people are all there is to an organization

I think re-engineering or restructuring or downsizing or rightsizing or whatever you want to call it, it's basically firing, has gone way too far. Employees, as I've talked to them across the country, feel that they are not respected, they are not valued, they are worried about their jobs. They simply feel that the company is no longer loyal to them. Why should they be loyal to the company, they ask me. Why should I go the extra mile? Why should I care?

It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.

The employee is regarded by the employer merely in the light of his value as an operative. His productive capacity alone is taken into account.

Employees are your most valuable assets. They are the heart and guts of a company. This doesn't mean that from time to time, you aren't going to do what is good for the company.

The time you spend with your best (employees) is, quite simply, your most productive time.

The blunt tools of legislation or union power can force a corporation to pay higher wages, but if employees don't create an equal amount of additional value, there's no net gain.

There are real people on the pitch. We're not commodities. Well, maybe we are to some degree, but it's the team which creates business. Some people don't appreciate that.

People are not your most important asset....the right people are.

The Bethlehem profit-sharing system is based on my belief that every man should get exactly what he makes himself worth. This is the only plan I know of which is equally fair to the employers and every class of employee. Someday, I hope, all labor troubles will be solved by such a system.

When you hire someone, you are investing in them.

People are definitely a company's greatest asset. It doesn't make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A company is only as good as the people it keeps.

Experience is an asset of which no worker can be cheated, no matter how selfish or greedy his immediate employer may be.

We try to pay a man what he is worth and we are not inclined to keep a man who is not worth more than the minimum wage.

Members of the workforce must feel valued.

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.

People are the greatest asset class.

You're only as good as the people you hire.

Your most precious possession is not your financial assets. Your most precious possession is the people you have working there, and what they carry around in their heads, and their ability to work together.

Google has been doing well. As much as possible we're trying to share back with the employees. They will continue to create a lot of value.