Welcome to our collection of insightful and inspiring quotes about employees. In the dynamic world of business and organizations, employees play a pivotal role in driving success, innovation, and growth. Whether you’re a manager seeking to motivate your team, an employee looking for some motivation, or simply someone interested in the wisdom and experiences of those in the workforce, this page is a treasure trove of wisdom and perspective.
Below, you will find a curated selection of quotes that capture the essence of what it means to be an employee, the challenges they face, and the incredible value they bring to their workplaces. These quotes can be used in various ways, from sharing them with colleagues and friends to incorporating them into presentations or even designing visually appealing graphics with stylish fonts. So, let’s explore the world of employees through the words of those who have walked the path of employment and come out wiser and stronger
Roblox is all about inspiring and empowering people to learn, create and explore new ideas – that goes for both the experiences on our platform as well as for our employees. David Baszucki
How do leaders serve their people? They may pay good wages and treat employees with respect. John C. Maxwell
Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence. Laurence J. Peter
We rent one in three tuxedos in the U.S. and Canada, and if we make a mistake, our employees will deliver to the customer’s home, office, or wedding. We get a couple hundred letters a week praising the service in our stores. George Zimmer
It is only when there is the supervision and critical oversight from the people that the government will be in a position to do an even better job, and employees of government departments will be the true public servants of the people. Wen Jiabao
Let your customers be your partners; let your vendors be your employees. What’s necessary in this transformation more than anything else is courage and a willingness to change. Safra A. Catz
At Southwest, they’re on a mission to democratize air travel. When they first started, the only people who could fly were relatively wealthy businesspeople, and Herb Kelleher’s vision was to offer everyone the chance to visit a friend or relative during a happy and a sad time. That’s a vision employees can get excited about. Ken Blanchard
During the Enron debacle, it was workers who took the pounding, not bankers. Not only did Enron employees lose their jobs, many lost their retirement savings. That’s because they were at the bottom of the investing food chain. Robert Kiyosaki
Activision Blizzard has always been about inspiring play, competition, and community for our fans and employees, and that hasn’t changed. Bobby Kotick
I have lived by one crucial principle since I was 24 years old. I don’t blame or complain about things like the economy, the government, taxes, employees, gas prices, or any of the external things that I don’t have control over. The only thing I have control over is my response to these things. Jack Canfield
If you work for and eventually lead a company, understand that companies have multiple stakeholders including employees, customers, business partners and the communities within which they operate. Don Tapscott
As a leader, you absolutely must expend your energy engaging your frontline employees so that they will take care of customers, who will tell stories about how great your company is to other people, who will become new customers. Ken Blanchard
Let’s start with a basic question: Do we, as a country, want our most highly qualified employees from the private sector to pursue public service? The answer, I would imagine, should be yes. Andrew Ross Sorkin
While other state governments stiff their vendors, close parks, delay tax refunds, and ignore unacceptably poor service levels, Indiana state employees are setting national standards for efficiency. Mitch McConnell
Employees that feel known and they feel like they know why their job matters and they have a sense of measuring it stay later, do extra work, and are committed to the organization above the requirements that they have. Patrick Lencioni
The easy way out is to approve an early retirement plan one year but not pay out sick and vacation time to deserving employees until three years later. Unfortunately, later is now. Jodi Rell
I very purposely have an open communication culture, where I encourage employees to approach me with their ideas without dominating them. Rana el Kaliouby
I would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. Something that I think is very important. It is that, you, we – we own this country. We – we own it. It is not you owning it, and not politicians owning it. Politicians are employees of ours. Clint Eastwood
Most companies target women as end users, but few are effectively utilizing female employees when it comes to innovating for female consumers. When women are empowered in the design and innovation process, the likelihood of success in the marketplace improves by 144%! Indra Nooyi
Never ask your employees to do something you wouldn’t be willing to do yourself. John T. Chambers
While exceptional employees don’t seek conflict, they don’t run away from it either. They’re able to maintain their composure while presenting their positions calmly and logically. They’re able to withstand personal attacks in pursuit of the greater goal and never use that tactic themselves. Travis Bradberry
By and large, small companies don’t want to settle for part-time employees over full-time positions. Sam Graves
I don’t blame or complain about things like the economy, the government, taxes, employees, gas prices, or any of the external things that I don’t have control over. The only thing I have control over is my response to these things. Jack Canfield
Your employees come first. And if you treat your employees right, guess what? Your customers come back, and that makes your shareholders happy. Start with employees and the rest follows from that. Herb Kelleher
In Finland, where 80 percent of workers belong to unions, all employees enjoy at least 30 days paid vacation, and the gap between the rich and poor is far more equitable than in the United States. Bernie Sanders
I’m touring the world, not doing nothing against the law, getting money to feed my family. I got employees that have felonies, and they can’t get jobs. They work for me. Nipsey Hussle
In the workplace, many people become helicopter managers, hovering over their employees in a well-intentioned but ill-fated attempt to provide support. These are givers gone awry – people so desperate to help others that they develop a white knight complex and end up causing harm instead. Adam Grant
Public hangings are teaching moments. Every company has to do it. A teaching moment is worth a thousand CEO speeches. CEOs can talk and blab each day about culture, but the employees all know who the jerks are. They could name the jerks for you. It’s just cultural. People just don’t want to do it. Jack Welch
I asked all of our recruiters to give me all resumes of prospective employees with their name, gender, place of origin, and age blacked out. This simple change shocked me, because I found myself interviewing different-looking candidates – even though I was 100% convinced that I was not being biased in my resume selection process. Eric Ries
When entire companies embrace a growth mindset, their employees report feeling far more empowered and committed; they also receive far greater organizational support for collaboration and innovation. Carol S. Dweck
Women are running companies, serving as the human resource director of companies, and helping employees solve problems. Women are doctors, lawyers, teachers, sales managers, marketers. They handle problems in the workplace by day and manage their families by night. Marsha Blackburn
To escape the curse of commoditization, a company has to be a game-changer, and that requires employees who are proactive, inventive and zealous. Gary Hamel
Keeping customers is about the experience, and the employees control the culture and temperature of the business. Never forget that. Steve Wynn
I don’t care whether the technology is invented by our employees. I want to bring everybody’s innovations into our ecosystem together. Masayoshi Son
The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people. Tom Peters
If we reduce the number of employees for better short-term financial results, employee morale will decrease. I sincerely doubt employees who fear that they may be laid off will be able to develop software titles that could impress people around the world. Satoru Iwata
Treat employees like partners, and they act like partners. Fred Allen
Introverts are more effective leaders of proactive employees. When you have a creative, energetic work force, an introvert is going to draw out that energy better. Laurie Helgoe
All those articles that scold Millennials for their supposed entitlement? Forget them. Millennials are great employees. Neil Blumenthal
A company has a greater responsibility than making money for its stockholders. We have a responsibility to our employees to recognize their dignity as human beings. David Packard
It’s an intolerable abuse of power to have employees who are supposed to be advancing the public interest actually working on political campaigns. Sal Albanese
HCL is a corporation. It is for profits. A corporation stands for its shareholders, its profits, its employees, its discoveries, and its customers. Shiv Nadar
A lot of what is wrong with corporate America has to do with a culture filled with antibodies trained to expel anything different. HR departments often want cookie cutter employees, which inevitably results in cookie cutter solutions. Nolan Bushnell
God has blessed me with a wonderful family, a successful business, and outstanding employees. I do not take these blessings lightly. David Green
At one point, I had over 800 employees, and I always paid all health care for my people – including a man who was my assistant who got HIV. I wound up paying his medical bills, which went into the hundreds of thousands. I’m not making myself out to be a saint. I did the right thing. Jerry Della Femina
When employees join executives in truly owning the responsibility for business success, an exciting new sense of teamwork takes hold. Punit Renjen
Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Large stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements, will all prove unavailing if you or your employees treat your patrons abruptly. The truth is, the more kind and liberal a man is, the more generous will be the patronage bestowed upon him. P. T. Barnum
A well-designed 401(k) plan is an enormous competitive edge when recruiting and retaining employees. Barry Ritholtz
If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees. Ingvar Kamprad
Research indicates that employees have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company. Zig Ziglar
It is not necessary, nor appropriate, to sow dissent and misrepresent employees or constantly to threaten industrial action. Jim Ratcliffe
Top-down authority structures turn employees into bootlickers, breed pointless struggles for political advantage, and discourage dissent. Gary Hamel
Employees are a company’s greatest asset – they’re your competitive advantage. You want to attract and retain the best; provide them with encouragement, stimulus, and make them feel that they are an integral part of the company’s mission. Anne M. Mulcahy
Our superpower is our fierce commitment to creating a positive place to work and play. Our employees have the tools and the mandate to chase big game changing ideas. David Baszucki
We have been fighting for solutions that will spur economic growth and create jobs for all Americans because we have been listening to what small business owners and employees have been telling us all along. Sam Graves
I am deeply honored by the opportunity to lead Intel. We have amazing assets, tremendous talent, and an unmatched legacy of innovation and execution. I look forward to working with our leadership team and employees worldwide to continue our proud legacy while moving even faster into ultra-mobility to lead Intel into the next era. Brian Krzanich
Businesses often forget about the culture, and ultimately, they suffer for it because you can’t deliver good service from unhappy employees. Tony Hsieh
Thanks to the rise of cloud computing, collaboration tools are becoming increasingly affordable, allowing even the smallest firms to implement enterprise-grade solutions that can significantly improve communication lines between employees and customers. Jean-Philippe Courtois
I’m very, very bullish about our prospects, and as I tell our board, as I tell our employees, this is the time to invest. There’s so much opportunity. Let’s just invest in that opportunity, and really get after it. Steve Ballmer
As for whether I am a ‘new age guru’, I am not at all. I help companies build employees who lead without a title and become high performers. Robin S. Sharma
I am deeply honored by the trust the board has placed in me to lead Duke Energy. I have a high degree of confidence in the strength of our company’s leadership and dedicated employees. Lynn Good
Corporate social responsibility is measured in terms of businesses improving conditions for their employees, shareholders, communities, and environment. But moral responsibility goes further, reflecting the need for corporations to address fundamental ethical issues such as inclusion, dignity, and equality. Klaus Schwab
Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can’t miss. Lee Iacocca
Let me be blunt, employers do have to raise wages if they can’t attract enough employees. That’s the free market, that’s how it works. Pierre Poilievre
I tell my employees that we’re in the service business, and it’s incidental that we fly airplanes. Herb Kelleher
Happy employees build great products, and they take care of customers. Aneel Bhusri
In the beginning, I was so chintzy I really didn’t pay my employees well. Sam Walton
When employees are happy, they are your very best ambassadors. James Sinegal
Public sector employees are the eyes and ears on the ground for the communities they serve. James P. Hoffa
Employee loyalty begins with employer loyalty. Your employees should know that if they do the job they were hired to do with a reasonable amount of competence and efficiency, you will support them. Harvey Mackay
I truly believe Accenture is a magnet for top talent in the new, not only because of the work we do for clients but because our culture supports employees who want to make a difference in the community where we live and work. Pierre Nanterme
In fact, at Olympic National Park in my district, they 3 years ago had 130 summer employees they brought in for temporary work. This summer they have 25 because they cannot afford more. Norm Dicks
Do Lipton employees take coffee breaks? Steven Wright
We all prospect, and don’t even know we’re doing it. When you start the dating process, you are actually prospecting for the person you want to marry. When you’re interviewing employees, you are prospecting for someone who will best fit your needs. Zig Ziglar
The best employees are those who bring real energy and initiative to the job. I like to know whether you’re the kind of person who can set priorities, take initiative, and drive results right from the beginning. Marillyn Hewson
Once a few Facebook employees put together a promising idea and start a company, that’s very exciting to people. I happen to think being a Facebook employee is really correlated with good ideas. Dustin Moskovitz
CEOs can talk and blab each day about culture, but the employees all know who the jerks are. They could name the jerks for you. It’s just cultural. People just don’t want to do it. Jack Welch
Since Charles Dolan founded Cablevision in 1973, the Dolan family has been honored to help shepherd our customers and employees through the most extraordinary communications revolution in modern history. James L. Dolan
Many schools include a service project as part of their curriculum, and many corporations have in-house projects for their employees or give them time off to do volunteer work. George H. W. Bush
More importantly, if you are in a position to hire, hire a veteran. They will be the best employees you have. Eric Shinseki
Work/life benefits allow companies meaningful ways for responding to their employees’ needs; they can be a powerful tool for transforming a workforce and driving a business’ success. Anne M. Mulcahy
You don’t lie to your own doctor. You don’t lie to your own attorney, and you don’t lie to your employees. Gordon Bethune
I was lucky – I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents’ garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years, Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. Steve Jobs
I’m a big believer that if you’re happy and your employees are happy, your customers are going to be happy. If you’re unhappy and your employees are unhappy, there’s no way your customers are going to be happy. Marcus Lemonis
It’s very likely that graduates, current employees and retirees have some wonderful pieces of Deer Park history in their closets or garages. Matt Lucas
There are only two kinds of employees that I’ve run across in 30 years. There are ones that get results, and ones that make excuses. If you’re in that second camp, you’re not going to like Dish. Charlie Ergen
Arbitration clauses have become prevalent in most corporate agreements or contracts for employees. Gretchen Carlson
When you cut that eggplant up and you roast it in the oven and you make the tomato sauce and you put it on top, your soul is in that food, and there’s something about that that can never be made by a company that has three million employees. Mario Batali
The ultimate proof of confidence for a small-business owner is, are they hiring employees? Brad D. Smith
The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment. Warren Bennis
If you were the boss of a company and some of the employees of your company were known to sexually abuse children, you would fire them instantly. Sinead O’Connor
The trouble with blaming powerless people is that although it’s not nearly as scary as blaming the powerful, it does miss the point. Poor people do not shut down factories… Poor people didn’t decide to use ‘contract employees’ because they cost less and don’t get any benefits. Molly Ivins
HartBeat Productions is a company established by me; it’s mine. I run it. I have employees. Kevin Hart
The 18,000 NASA employees are full of galactic talents and abilities and are ready to accomplish whatever they’re directed to do. P. J. O’Rourke
When times are tough, public employees should have to make the same sacrifices as everyone else. Robert Reich
Your employer is the last person you should want to provide for your healthcare, from a privacy, financial, and value standpoint. Employees with families should get the family, meaning spouses and children, off the company plan. In most cases, that will save them money. Paul Zane Pilzer
If the airline industry were to evolve a common fitness standard for both male and female employees, that would not just be acceptable, it would be entirely desirable. Barkha Dutt
When employees can bring their full selves to work, we get the full benefit of all their perspectives and experiences. Bobby Kotick
Artists, writers and people in creative fields are entrepreneurs by necessity. Nobody gives them a paycheck or picks up their medical insurance. The ones who succeed learn to think and act like ‘independent operators.’ I think people who are technically ’employees’ have to think this way as well. The company is not looking out for you. Steven Pressfield
The basic idea that incentives can be used to motivate behavior is a powerful one. It works for employees, and it has a clear place in parenting, as anyone who has tried to potty-train a recalcitrant toddler with sticker rewards knows. Emily Oster
