Employee Loyalty and Workplace Trust: What Makes People Stay

Added: 2026-05-29

[00:00:00]So, was there a situation where someone in your company decided to stay with you even though they got a better external offer? If so, I want to know what made them stay. So, a good question. I think after the COVID, yeah, my client wants to hire a resource. They have to get an NOC from me.

[00:00:18]It's a very large client. They have 2 lakhs plus employees in India. So, they called me, "Sir, I want to hire this resource because this resource worked in our project and she's very strong in all the semiconductor all this area.

[00:00:29]Probably they want to hire this resource. What do you say?" I said, "You take. No problem." We will go with the NOC. All the process started and suddenly the girl called me.

[00:00:36]Okay, she said, "Sir, why you given NOC?" I thought you have better opportunity. You can get a double the salary and it's a brand and all that.

[00:00:43]You can go. She said, "I'm not interested." I was surprised. What is the issue? I thought something issue.

[00:00:48]Then I said, "No, sir, no issue. Here I'm very comfortable. I'll continue."

[00:00:52]Now, the girl continued almost 5 and 1/2 years. She continued 5 and 1/2 years.

[00:00:56]It's not about the brand. It's not about the money. It's not about the designation. It's all about what the transparency maintained.

[00:01:03]Basically, you have to give a respect to all the system people in the system, right from the junior to the, you know, senior. So, you have to So, I think that's one of the classic example.