[Kursk]

Originally Posted by Hugh

Erm, no - I think that everyone who works for me deserves a decent wage (for a decent day's work), and that part of my role was to keep them in a job (by putting together a future work plan and budgets to support that work plan) and help them do a good job by supporting them, helping them develop, and providing direction. I thought I had success when one of my colleagues was promoted internally, or went somewhere else for a higher paying / career progressing job.

Another salient point was that he had been in IT for under 10 years, and I have been progressing for over 35 years...

A manager can't succeed without a good team, and you can't have a good team if you treat them like crap.

Not sure how you came to your conclusion, though...

Possibly because whilst you're saying very laudable and altruistic things you include the revealing "everyone who works for me" .