It’s really sad, because I think that in many cases, if owners would cough up more in wages and benefits AND empower and require managers to actually manage, their employees would become much more productive and their businesses more profitable, at least partially canceling out the increased expense for labor.Probably what Mikey said. I actually hate it for some of them, especially my old boss.
My old place had gotten to where it was a hang out for most of the bosses, as long as someone was working. There were a few of us who would bust our butts, while others didn't do anything. The big bosses would request us that worked hard to do the projects, and say they know the other guys wouldn't. It got old, my boss would literally bring the email to show me it wasn't him, cause he felt bad for me a lot. I don't mind working, actually enjoy it, and take pride in people knowing they can depend on me to do a good job. That said, I don't like being taken advantage of for it, and that's where several of us were. The place I'm at now doesn't have that feeling. The Lady we know who's my boss had a meeting with us Wednesday, because Monday she officially took over that whole department. She had met with the other rotation Monday, and with us Wednesday. She was just talking about how they did, asking what she could do to help improve certain things, and those guys were explaining the "unwritten understanding" that day and night shift have with each other about what to do. They split responsibility between themselves without any orders from bosses, because they knew it's things that has to be done. I guess it may be because they make medical products that go inside people, and they get federal inspections, but that was cool to me. It was much different than hearing motor mouth crying he wasn't doing itIt’s really sad, because I think that in many cases, if owners would cough up more in wages and benefits AND empower and require managers to actually manage, their employees would become much more productive and their businesses more profitable, at least partially canceling out the increased expense for labor.
But short-sighted greed winds up killing a lot of businesses and putting good people out of work. View attachment 454782