Senior emplyees - an asset or a burden

Why to say it as burden? You can use him any way. He will have all informations and knowledge to deal with any problem. He must be recognized and awarded for his out put and also assigned with suitable responsibilities so that he may feel satisfied and honored.

SENIOR EMPLOYEES ARE AN ASSET WITHOUT ANY DOUBT AS LONG AS THEY ARE PRODUCTIVE AND THEIR EXPERIENCE IS USED TO THE BEST OF THE ORGANISATION.

Thanks Dipika, this statement itself create some room for the point that they may be a burden. But in recent times, private organisations are extending their retired employees with less pay. This will be burden to the organisation and the seniors are more securing their jobs in every activity than what is good for the organisation. Do you think they are asset?

An asset no dought but burden when they are not utilised properly.

A Senior employee knows loops and lapts of the organisation, he can manage any kind of situation.

Senior employees are always an asset that is because of the fact that they can handle a situation in a manner which suits most and the outcome is favourable. There are hundreds and hundreds of examples which supports this point. 

The very fact they are with the orgnztn for such a long time shows displays their loyalty and what guarantee of new comers who go to greener pastures at the slightest prompt . The orgnztn has grown and in a postion to welcome freshers is a sign of their contribution  . Ur argumnt is like just because a new "bahu" has come wud u thro ur parents out or wuld u argu whether they are assets or liability . Remember our country is headed by an elderly statesman of 72 years old and du ve a substitute ? Youngsters like Tharoor, Azhar and now Kalamadi has brought only shame to the nation .

If any company follows a proceess of continous develpment and learning for the Senior employees, they are for sure  an asset to the organization. Time begets time, nothing propogates so fast. Day by day a lot of changes takes place,  the Senior employees should made aware of these latest trends. With their wide experience, and knowlege about the recent trends they will be able create wonders in their job. 

It depends on the attitude of the employee.

They are a asset to the company as they carry huge experiences on their shoulder. Freshers working under them will have big chance of learning from them and become more skilled. These freshers can pass their knowledge to their juniors.

I support your views Dipikaa! Oldies are certainly  an asset  till they become nuisance.  Their  role must be limited to that of consultancy. Beyond that, interference (in the name of guidance) will be very unproductive.

In fact the seniors in the organization are asset and they know how to get the things done for the interest of the organization with their experience and maturity. But they should be result oriented and not on many years spent and associated with the company.

Thanks for the referral Mr.Malladi Madhukumar.

Senior means, less than 58 years and more than 40 years.  Undoubtedly, the seniors are having more experienced and filtered knowledge than youngsters.  In some area like Governmental orgn. an employee is not having enough time to update his/her knowledge, hence such experience is useless in most of the cases.  But in most of the cases, the relevant seniors are a big asset for the employers.

But, our Politics is full of Seniors > 58 is full of corruption and not useful for common others, but for their family and surroundings.  Only a piece of food is spreading here and there around their table is availing by common citizens.

But, the seniors should be updated with adequate flexible latest knowledge which would be beneficial for the organization on the whole.

The senior staff members are definetly assets of the organization and growth of the organization. Some of the seniors are not cooperating with junior. not all.

Yes Malladi very well said. Incase of politician wheather the old politicians are a burden or asset as compared to the young ones? It the organisation that has to extract work at all levels be it junior or seniors everybody has a target and they should fulfil the same.

of course Senior employees are an asset in terms of experience but it is possible only when they upgrade themselves with the modern technology    

Senior employees are asset to the organizations. May be some exceptional cases will be there those who may be burden. The experience and competency of the seniors really helps the organizations. Because of this reason, in foreign countries the senior employees services are utilized after the retirement in almost all the sectors.

That depends on the maturity of the nextgen!

Logically, with company welfare at heart, a certain percentage of the payroll should be senior employees scattered across the function areas. They have a wealth of historical information about the organization which beats the hell out of any archived data.

Like I said it depends on the maturity of the nextgen.

Not always but mostly senior people in our workforce are more than an asset because of their accountability, overall experience & exposure to the negative aspects of the present situation over the positive ones and most importantly the variety of ideas of executing , implementing and manipulating things , just accumulated over the years of  selfless service, which at times prove to be a boon to its employer and big corporates are no fools either to disprove that.............

Definitely asset. because the have tremendous experience and know how to complete a job effectively and juniors definitely learn from them.

They are the only mode where junior level employees can come to learn something.

this is interesting D, thx. if we thought senior employees were a pain, would we have any senior employees at all. soon as one would become a shade senior he'd get fired anyway !! yes, we would have younger companies, mostly groping and blundering their way about the corporate web - and getting no where ? wonder how they would compete with companies with a more sensible mix of wisdom and fire. surely an asset.

ultimate asset.....as advisory commitee, but in action....not

Of course an asset.

The are the backbone of the company. Companies should learn to respect and motivate their old employees.

If the company thinks them as burden they will not have a steady growth....