Crotonville and the Death of Fun at Work.
By Suzy Welch
To everyone who sent me the article reporting General Electric’s sale of Crotonville, the longtime learning center that was the pride and joy of my late husband, Jack Welch, I’d like to thank you for the ugly cry. It is indeed the end of an era: one when companies and employees were on the same team.
That’s done and over, isn’t it? Today, companies and employees are each in a boxer’s crouch, glaring across the ring.
I wonder sometimes what Jack would make of my M.B.A. students—not to mention Generation Z in general—who view every employer with a gimlet eye. They aren’t only thinking, “How are you going to help my career?” or “How much will you value my ideas?”
Read the full The Wall Street Journal article.
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Suzy Welch is Professor of Management Practice at NYU Stern.