事业 · 创业者自述

安德鲁·卡内基:安德鲁·卡内基自传·补录 403

安德鲁·卡内基《安德鲁·卡内基自传》· Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · 领导

It was such concessions as these that proved the most profitable investments ever made by the company, even from an economical standpoint. It pays to go beyond the letter of the bond with your men. Two of my partners, as Mr. Phipps has put it, "knew my extreme disposition to always grant the demands of labor, however unreasonable," but looking back upon my failing in this respect, I wish it had been greater--much greater. No expenditure returned such dividends as the friendship of our workmen.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17976
定位:Additional excerpt 403 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

卡内基说,这些让步从经济角度看也是公司最划算的投资。对工人超出合同字面要求去照顾,是值得的。他的合伙人菲普斯说,卡内基有个“毛病”:不管工人的要求多不合理,他总想答应。但卡内基回看,反而希望自己这个“毛病”更大些。因为没有任何支出能像“工人的友谊”那样带来这么高的回报。核心是:善待工人不是慈善,而是回报率最高的经营策略。

上下文

卡内基自传中总结他与工人打交道的经验,合伙人菲普斯曾调侃他过于迁就工人。

今日一问

你最近一次对下属或合作者“超出合同”的照顾,带来了什么回报?

公版传记;原文逐字取自 Project Gutenberg,仅摘录段落并附全书链接。

本文本为公版;底本与原文链接见上。 版权

← 返回原文库