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Under performing was an understatement. I could have as easily said "employees that are asleep at their desks" and it would have been true for some cases. Mana
by LitFan 8y ago
Under performing was an understatement.
I could have as easily said "employees that are asleep at their desks" and it would have been true for some cases.
Management doesn't pursue these people because of the effort involved with dealing with the union.
- barbecue_sauce 8y agoYou are in a unionized desk job? What is the industry?
- LitFan 8y agoYes. I work for the software development department of an insurance company.
- jahaja 8y agoThis is the good old, but ultimately petty, Pyrrhic victory of wanting to make sure to punish the few freeloaders.
- AimForTheBushes 8y agoOf course you want them punished when you have to pick up their slack.
- pureliquidhw 8y agoI've worked with people who would have produced more for the company collecting their paycheck and just not showing up to work. Don't let the freeloaders distract you, and maybe let the ball drop occasionally so they HAVE to catch it, or prove they can't anymore. Let them hang themselves, no need to punish!
- jahaja 8y agoWell, Pyrrhic implies that I think it's too great a cost because you'll take down the people with social issues (and more) along with the much fewer obvious freeloaders.
- LitFan 8y agoI'm in favor of allowing people to live without needing to work. I understand that there needn't be a job for every person in the world. I'm aware that nobody should have to work 40 hours a week anymore. I'm open to a system that allows all of these things to happen. However - applying that system on a micro scale (one workplace at a time, through unions) introduces way too much friction between employers and their employees, employees and their peers, and employers and unions. It also causes an internal conflict for the employee - where they have to mask their lack of contribution by busywork, ultimately feeling unfulfilled in their life. Unionizing all workplaces is a sub-optimal means to distribute wealth.
- jahaja 8y agoHow would you go about achieving these things through this conflict averse approach? I find it naive at best, and it's firmly in the best interests of business. I mean, this is why corporations in the US (and elsewhere) have fought tooth and nail against unions and labour movements for its entire history and continue to do so. Comparing the welfare systems and labour laws & benfits to western Europe shows the result of this.