Bill O’Reilly On Loyalty
by Miki Saxon
There is much talk about Megyn Kelly’s announced move from Fox News to NBC last week, but that’s not what this post is about.
It’s about Bill O’Reilly’s twisted thoughts on what constitutes loyalty.
“I’m not interested in making my network look bad.”
Later that day, he continued the thought in a commentary on his own show in which he appeared to question Ms. Kelly’s loyalty to Fox by saying, without naming her: “If somebody is paying you a wage, you owe that person or company allegiance. If you don’t like what’s happening in the workplace, go to human resources or leave.”
Agreeing with O’Reily means that if your boss hits, grabs, gropes, insults, harasses, etc., your only recourse is to tell a person/department that too often has little-to-no power, and sometimes no interest, in fixing the problem or get out of Dodge — even if it means breaking your contract.
Read anything about professional loyalty and you’ll find that it is the company’s responsibility to give people a reason to be loyal.
Reasons include a workplace that don’t tolerate any type of harassment no matter who it is from — up to and including the CEO.
Additional reasons include fairness and respect, although there are many others.
We do owe loyalty (and protection) to ourselves, but I don’t believe anyone owes loyalty to a a person or company where they have to constantly look out, whether for a knife in the back or death by a thousand cuts.
Flickr image credit: DonkeyHotey
