July 15th, 2008
Is the knowledge in an employee guarantee job security?
I was talking to someone the other day that I had helped figure out a problem. He had mentioned that he told a buddy about the fix and his buddy asked him if he was going to document the fix, the guy in turn said, "No, then they'll have no need for me if they have all of my knowledge". This got me thinking about how valuable employees are to companies and if they are expendable if they have the knowledge in order to train someone else to do it for cheaper.
It gets one curious as far as what to divulge and what not to. I myself try to document to the best of my ability but sometimes wonder if a majority of my value is based on my abilities or my vast knowledge from my time at the company and how I can recall anything that occured in the past. I know the company I work for values me as a contribution to the team...but I can understand where other people are coming from when they have those FUDs(Fears, Uncertainties, and Doubts)