A 25-Year Employee at a Mid-Sized Company Remarked,"I Can Remember

A 25-year employee at a mid-sized company remarked,"I can remember when we were small enough that we had time for water cooler talk! Sometimes I wish we could go back a few years when everyone liked being here.Now,we seem to be more excited about our next raise rather than our next product launch!" According to the Spotlight on Small Business Box,"Big Motivators for Small Business",small businesses seem to be better at motivating employees with open communication and more broad-based responsibilities,where employees exchange ideas and become generalists at what they do.
Small businesses have a greater opportunity to motivate with open communication and broad-based responsibilities.As mentioned in the Spotlight on Small Business box,the employee has more opportunity to speak his/her mind,and feels less like another "drone in the great corporate beehive."