Comments on: Employees are a necessary evil http://www.etiennebesson.com/employees-are-a-necessary-evil/ Human Resources & Social Media | Switzerland Sat, 12 May 2012 16:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fil111 http://www.etiennebesson.com/employees-are-a-necessary-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Fil111 Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:53:00 +0000 http://www.etiennebesson.com/?p=64#comment-19 I totally agreee that employers see staff as a necessay evil even though their businesses totally rely on having staff to do the work and things would grind to a halt pretty much the same day if staff were not available. From my own past experiences with different jobs I've had, the contempt shown toward staff is overwhelming. You will always be given the minimum wage and laid off whenever necessay. It surprises me the least amount of business profit it put back into the most important asset a business has - staff. Time and time again I observe poorly trained, uninterested staff at nearly all shops and offices I frequent and this is directly related to poor levels of pay, management that set the tone of appreciation, little or no training, ridiculous KPI's and stupid target levels. You can see the profits walking out the door because of staff attitude and lack of interest in customer needs and I dont blame the staff at all as I know it's all coming from management. Australia would have some of the worst levels of employee discontentment in the world and it really shows. The employers attitude is.. if u dont like the job well, i can get someone else mate. The other thing that annoys me in times of high unemployment is the amount of unpaid work done by staff just to keep their jobs and then at the end of the year the boss holds a xmas party and then reminds you that u have to pay to go.. what a joke! I totally agreee that employers see staff as a necessay evil even though their businesses totally rely on having staff to do the work and things would grind to a halt pretty much the same day if staff were not available. From my own past experiences with different jobs I’ve had, the contempt shown toward staff is overwhelming. You will always be given the minimum wage and laid off whenever necessay. It surprises me the least amount of business profit it put back into the most important asset a business has – staff. Time and time again I observe poorly trained, uninterested staff at nearly all shops and offices I frequent and this is directly related to poor levels of pay, management that set the tone of appreciation, little or no training, ridiculous KPI’s and stupid target levels. You can see the profits walking out the door because of staff attitude and lack of interest in customer needs and I dont blame the staff at all as I know it’s all coming from management. Australia would have some of the worst levels of employee discontentment in the world and it really shows. The employers attitude is.. if u dont like the job well, i can get someone else mate. The other thing that annoys me in times of high unemployment is the amount of unpaid work done by staff just to keep their jobs and then at the end of the year the boss holds a xmas party and then reminds you that u have to pay to go.. what a joke!

]]> By: Etienne http://www.etiennebesson.com/employees-are-a-necessary-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Etienne Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:57:14 +0000 http://www.etiennebesson.com/?p=64#comment-6 Hi Trish This reminds me of the the job interviews I did recently. Most candidates said that they wanted to have an impact and see the results of what they did. I guess we've all become allergic to doing things without knowing why. Hi Trish

This reminds me of the the job interviews I did recently. Most candidates said that they wanted to have an impact and see the results of what they did.

I guess we’ve all become allergic to doing things without knowing why.

]]> By: Etienne http://www.etiennebesson.com/employees-are-a-necessary-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Etienne Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:57:00 +0000 http://www.etiennebesson.com/?p=64#comment-13 Hi Trish This reminds me of the the job interviews I did recently. Most candidates said that they wanted to have an impact and see the results of what they did. I guess we've all become allergic to doing things without knowing why. Hi Trish

This reminds me of the the job interviews I did recently. Most candidates said that they wanted to have an impact and see the results of what they did.

I guess we’ve all become allergic to doing things without knowing why.

]]> By: Trish McFarlane http://www.etiennebesson.com/employees-are-a-necessary-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Trish McFarlane Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:03:01 +0000 http://www.etiennebesson.com/?p=64#comment-4 I think the last line says it all. The trick is to ensure that everyone, including us HR folks, FEELS like we're necessary. It's the only reason we stay. Um....unless it's for that thing called money. :-) Nice post. I think the last line says it all. The trick is to ensure that everyone, including us HR folks, FEELS like we’re necessary. It’s the only reason we stay. Um….unless it’s for that thing called money. :-)

Nice post.

]]> By: Trish McFarlane http://www.etiennebesson.com/employees-are-a-necessary-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Trish McFarlane Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:03:00 +0000 http://www.etiennebesson.com/?p=64#comment-12 I think the last line says it all. The trick is to ensure that everyone, including us HR folks, FEELS like we're necessary. It's the only reason we stay. Um....unless it's for that thing called money. :-) Nice post. I think the last line says it all. The trick is to ensure that everyone, including us HR folks, FEELS like we’re necessary. It’s the only reason we stay. Um….unless it’s for that thing called money. :-)

Nice post.

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