Pay your people the least possible and you'll get from them the same.
Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.
A man that could look no way but downward, with a muckrake in his hand.
Dispirited, unmotivated, unappreciated workers cannot compete in a highly competitive world.
At Wisconsin, I wasn't working for people who believed in me.
I remember having a conversation with my sister, saying, 'What if I don't make it? What if I'm still waiting tables when I'm 35?' I was just at the end of my rope. But I've been at the end of that rope several times.
When I went into GM there was a lack of morale. The company had gone bankrupt and the people who worked there were embarrassed. Underneath all of, though, there was a will to show what they were capable of, but nobody knew exactly what to do.
Planned Parenthood is a tough place to work - the hours are long, the work is emotionally draining, the paperwork is endless, and the morale can run low.
The dirty work at political conventions is almost always done in the grim hours between midnight and dawn. Hangmen and politicians work best when the human spirit is at its lowest ebb.
I've been on a 1-15 team.
Fantastic! Right in the middle of that long stretch between Christmas and Spring Break, your coats are getting dirty, everything's dark, dingy - what a great time for a movie!
Whenever you're having a down year, it's always tough, especially when you expect a lot from yourself.
February is just plain malicious. It knows your defenses are down.
If a film does not do well, there is a certain period when you do feel low. It affects you because you put in a lot of effort.
When you're not winning in your last couple of years, it gets frustrating because where's your motivation?
They (low-minded) ones should never be trusted.
I've kept to myself, I've put my head down. I've gone to work. And I have felt undervalued.
Morale is at the lowest point since I've been here.
I was a bartender at a Pizzeria Uno's for nine years. The people I worked with were amazing, but it was quite possibly the most miserable time of my life.
I am disappointed at not being able to live up to the expectations of my supporters, but every cricketer goes through such a time.
The morale when I came in was not the best. It was because the agency had not been valued.
The U.S. army is pretty terrible. Never join it!
When you have to work with and exist amongst cynical, burned-out personnel on a set, it doesn't matter what you're shooting or how much you're being paid - it's not worth it.
I usually hate most of my work: probably at least more than half of it.
We were fractious and overpaid. Our mornings lacked promise. At least those of us who smoked had something to look forward to at ten-fifteen.
