Posted by SDE on March 09, 2014 at 08:44:15 from (174.124.42.134):
In Reply to: RE:Deleted post posted by oldtanker on March 09, 2014 at 05:02:19:
So where does a "work ethic" come from? Our plant manger stopped by and thanked me for doing a great job and to "keep up the good work". I had 5 days of backlog and got it down to one in two days. I was somewhat confused by his actions, because I thought I should have been able to do more in that same amount of time. On Sat I worked 6 hrs. I did not take credit for all that I did and I still had to trim my labor down to show only 6 hrs. I have been doing this same job for 27 years. I know all the short cuts. I tell people it is all smoke and mirrors.
What I see are people staying busy all day, but they do very little in actual production terms. Then there are people who know that no one is going to get fired so they do what they feel comfortable doing. Some people will stand in the main aisle and talk for 20 minutes in plain sight of everyone.
BUT in the end it is all about ME. I can only change ME. My value is not based on anyone else.
People claim that jobs have gone overseas to take advantage of cheap labor, but, how much profit is lost when the American worker will not work hard enough to keep the company profitable?
We are expecting mandatory overtime this next week. The same people will take 9 hours to do the same 8 hours of work each day. Higher costs.
The shift starts at 6:30. We have people walk in the door and punch in at 6:32. And they are driving out of the park lot when the buzzer goes off at 3 .Do you think they put in a full 8 hours?
But that is them, not ME. I can see how these workers have helped kill companies. And they will complain about mismanagement. And it is true because the supervisors have allowed it. SDE
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