So, I'm coming back from my break and heading towards the elevator when I run into another employee, who is getting ready to go take her break; together we ride up the elevator.
There we are in the elevator when this employee starts explaining how she doesn't have the pride in her work anymore. That's not her, she explains. All the years that this employee has worked at this store, she always took pride in her work. But now she is at a disadvantage and it bothers her. With less help in her department, she goes on to explain, one has barely enough time to get all of the work done and things that use to get extra care no longer do.
Ironically, just last week another employee was venting the very same feelings.
You see, I would have thought that there would have been other things that perhaps would have frustrated these employees more then personal pride.
After all, within the last couple of years these employees have lost personal days, vacation time that use to depend on the amount of years worked are now figured according to the amount of hours worked, holiday pay is gone and hours have been cut along with more responsibility.
Every step taken in order to promote profit.
But instead of the factors that have cut their very livelihood, employees are focusing on the type of work that is now performed.
Does it affect the customers? Oh yeah.
They no longer get the attention they were accustomed to and customers wait longer for what they are wanting due to lack of staff.
So, I guess, no matter how many cuts are made it will be the pride of the job that will be missed the most.
For the pride that they took in their jobs was their investment in where they work.
Talk at ya later!
There we are in the elevator when this employee starts explaining how she doesn't have the pride in her work anymore. That's not her, she explains. All the years that this employee has worked at this store, she always took pride in her work. But now she is at a disadvantage and it bothers her. With less help in her department, she goes on to explain, one has barely enough time to get all of the work done and things that use to get extra care no longer do.
Ironically, just last week another employee was venting the very same feelings.
You see, I would have thought that there would have been other things that perhaps would have frustrated these employees more then personal pride.
After all, within the last couple of years these employees have lost personal days, vacation time that use to depend on the amount of years worked are now figured according to the amount of hours worked, holiday pay is gone and hours have been cut along with more responsibility.
Every step taken in order to promote profit.
But instead of the factors that have cut their very livelihood, employees are focusing on the type of work that is now performed.
Does it affect the customers? Oh yeah.
They no longer get the attention they were accustomed to and customers wait longer for what they are wanting due to lack of staff.
So, I guess, no matter how many cuts are made it will be the pride of the job that will be missed the most.
For the pride that they took in their jobs was their investment in where they work.
Talk at ya later!
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