Organizations Are Breaking the Loyalty Pact: AT&T’s CEO Just Said It Out Loud

By Mike Linville

AT&T’s CEO, John Stankey, made headlines this week by declaring, in so many words, that workplace loyalty is dead. His memo to employees made it clear: the era of mutual commitment between company and worker is over. The new order is in-office, performance-first, and replaceable. Some may call this realism. I call it poor leadership, perhaps even toxic leadership in disguise…