A “First Aid Kit” to Prevent Employee Hijack

One principle that I have always held while working at BFI is: To Trust and Respect For Each Other.
Without this value, I would feel as if I was working in a prison.

Based on my experience of working almost 3 years at BFI, I have superiors and also have those who work under my authority. The beauty of building relationships with colleagues is how we all realize that we need each other.
Everybody has their own strengths and weaknesses.
Working as a team, these individual strengths and weaknesses compliment each other. Nobody's perfect.
It's no secret anymore that employee hijacking is a very common practice in our business world.

I had one such experience when I worked in one of our BFI branches. One of my staff was offered a job for Finance A (our competitor). I couldn't do anything about this. She was one of my best staff and I could always count on her. To my surprise and relief, she refused the offer even though they offered her a higher salary. I called her and asked her reason for refusing the offer.
Her answer was quite surprising. She said, "I've felt very comfortable working at BFI. We have good working relationships, even between the Boss and regular employees.
I have felt respected and trusted when you have given me important jobs to do. I've felt like this office has become my second home and family. If I moved to A Finance I might not be able to find another situation like in BFI.”

I'm very thankful that our BFI core values have proven to be a successful ‘first aid kit’ to prevent employee hijacking. I'm also sure that BFI's core values are deeply rooted in all our BFI employees.