80% of New Employees Fail Within the First 5 Years (2005)

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Personal opinion --- the most important characteristics of a potential entrepreneur is someone who feels like they just don't fit into corporate society --- mostly made up of sociopaths and their fiefdom of lackeys and suck ups.

Unless you're a sociopath skilled at manipulating others and taking credit for their work, you're probably not going to get ahead --- assuming that "ahead" is worth the effort to get there.

Otherwise, being a lackey it is. And if you don't really have an affinity for sucking up, the sad fact is there may not be a really good role for you.

So out of sheer necessity and determination --- a potential entrepreneur is born.

Or you could work hard and gain respect and become invaluable to the company.

Employers love that attitude and will ride it all the way to the bank. And once you're older (and wiser) they will replace you with a younger, hard working employee who they pay less.

The unfortunate truth is that today's workplace is purely transactional --- no loyalty is given --- but employees are certainly free to expect otherwise if they want.

Leadership and loyalty in the workplace died about 40 years ago --- along with pensions and company paid health care. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average person will change jobs 12 times over the course of his working life with the typical job lasting just over 4 years.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucekasanoff/2017/11/16/why-le...

In recent decades—especially in the United States—job security, retirement security, and employee loyalty have all declined dramatically. Said another way, companies have completely and utterly abandoned their employees. We are not in this together; we are in this on our own.

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