What makes a good to great employer?

Ankesh, to answer your question just reverse the statements I made in the reply to Gordon. Apply the answers as tho' they were from the employees. Add GOOD compensation and benefits and you have a decent framework.

Make the work environment as pleasant as possible for ALL your employees. Don't mix punk rockers with classical folks unless you want discontent over what music is played in the background, for example. Build your team with the team members in mind. The best technician in the world isn't worth having if they disrupt the effectiveness of the whole team.

Understand there is no perfect job. Suitable ones, perhaps, but no job is perfect unless you work alone and love it (and what you're doing). Personalities will clash occasionally, a task may be a temporary one but not ideal. Even when you work alone in your own business, it's still not a perfect job. Some tasks just MUST be done and, if the someone who has to do it is you...you'd best like, or at least tolerate it well.

Sandi Bowman