Cary Grant Quotes

If people work for me over the years, I expect them to be paid what they're owed, but I don't expect them to be paid more than they earn.

A business is good if it gives a decent day's reward for a decent day's work, treats people decently, and gives them a voice at the top.

Union members not only earn higher median wages; they are more likely to have paid sick leave, short-term disability, and employer-provided child care. Giving people a voice at work - the ability to organize and negotiate for their fair share of the value they helped create - is absolutely essential to a growing, vibrant middle class.

Just like any other job, you want a raise you've got to put in the work and you've got to show that you're deserving and what you bring to the table and all kinds of other stuff to show that you're worthy of so and so pay scale.

At the bare minimum, you need to be in your position for a year before you ask for a raise or title change.

I'd go anywhere to work, so long as it's worth it.

I'm not in the type of work where you should rest.

I believe in workers' rights when people are doing a good job.

Men and women want to do a good job, and if they are provided the proper environment, they will do so.

The only way to make money as a manager is to win in one place, get fired and hired somewhere else.

When determining appropriate levels of compensation, management must determine if the employee turnover rate is too low, too high, or just right. If turnover rate is high enough to adversely impact the entity's performance, then employee compensation is probably too low.

It's easy to work for somebody else; all you have to do is show up.

Why - because as a oil and gas small business owner - I know if someone is not doing their job, they should not get paid. Again leadership by example.

At the end of the day, you have a job to do, and if you don't do your job, you're going to get fired. You just have to kind of put your head down and do it.

I want a new contract. I'm happy at United and I see my future here.

All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.

Walk away from anyone who is unduly focused on vacation and compensation. It's a sign of potential trouble. No matter how talented you are, if you don't really want to work at TOMS, you'll never work out here.

As a prosecutor, I got a paycheck for coming to work every day. I didn't get a promotion when I won, and I didn't get a demotion when I did a bad job.

Labor should be recognized as entitled to consult with management in the mutual interest. Labor cannot be driven, and business cannot be successful unless the men employed in it are enthusiastic and loyal. That loyalty cannot be obtained with a big stick; it must be based upon fair dealing and sympathy.

I get paid to work; I don't pay to work.

A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.

A fair day’s wages for a fair day’s work is ever my partner’s motto.

I like working, I just don't like to get involved in the competitiveness of it.

As soon as I finish a job, I'm like, 'Geez, I got away with that, and I got paid all right!' But then you get to the press junket, and I'm like, 'Oh God, this is where you earn your money.'

I was told by my father nine times a day that you were going to get a job the minute you finish your studies.