Originally Posted by The Ghost

Those are two different points you make PD.

It is very important for me to have happy productive employees. I am still surprised by the amount of employees that I come across that bash their present employer and recommend another companies services. I believe in letting your employees grow to their fullest potential. You always hope that you can provide enough room for them to grow within your company, although it is sometime not the case. I like your statement about giving them enough rope to hang themselves or build a ladder. It's too often that employers get jealous when their employees are excelling and try to 'put them in their place.' This creates many bad scenarios. This is often the case in small companies with managers/owners without management common sense.

The other issue you brought up is the perception of your look by others. I have had a few occasions where car dealers, jewerly stores, etc have looked at me like I wasn't a buyer, until they run my credit report. Once they receive it back, I get the "Mr. Ghost, what would you like" asskissing. It never fails.