THERE IS A HELL! - - - IT IS CALLED RETAIL NEVER TRUST AN EMPLOYEE AND NEVER IT'S BOSSES!

NEVER

Trust an Employer or It’s Bosses
I've found that with so much economic uncertainty and
companies being unsure about so many issues relative to
financial issues, we're seeing companies who are worried
about making promises to employees. So we have Joe
Employee who asks his manager about a salary increase
or a bonus and the manager goes up the ranks for
answers. Since everyone is worried about protecting
themselves by not making any commitments, there are no
straight answers provided. Joe Employee is left
thinking...'why am I; working all of these hours without
any reward and if I do; what will that reward be?'
While I don't believe that all managers in organizations
intend to be secretive, it's all about perception. So when
someone is not able to give an employee a straight
answer and waffles, the perception is that there are secrets w/in the organization and that
results in a lack of trust. I'm not an advocate of total transparency but I do believe that all
employees have a right to know what is required of them to earn rewards.
In addition, there are companies who are downsizing and asking people to work more hours
with fewer resources. Unfortunately, while that's pretty much been the standard, this
morning I learned of a large company who is doing sporadic layoffs and the packages are
half of what they used to be.
People all talk and compare this stuff. The average employee at this company is working 12 16 hour days at a minimum! That's unacceptable and unfair, in my opinion. But nothing is
fair in Corporate Retail.
Working for a public company is even worse. The 'bottom line' speech can get old. We all
know what we're here for but, as I always say, 'you cannot have a business without people.'
A lot of employers will probably say they listen to and care about their employees, but
without actively providing their employees with tools to communicate ideas with their
colleagues and management; it appears to employees that they're doing nothing.
This then has a knock-on effect contributing to the first statistic, as employees who are
actually working on the front line feel management are out of touch with employee and
customer feedback, and therefore unlikely to be able to make fully informed decisions.
Think about how many time’s you've had an executive (the employer) give some rah - rah
speech to employees about how they should and need to work for the 'good of the
company...blah - blah - blah...and how the company's success is their own...blah - blah blah...etc.'? Well, I've heard it plenty. The problem with speeches like these is that employers
expect employees to work 'for the good of the company' and often compensate them like
that. All the while, they themselves are working for the 'good of the company', which just so
happens to be also for their own good - because either they own the company, have
significant equity, or are compensated for that.
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