Company Loyalty.
Faster. Better. Cheaper.
Can these things co-exist?
Or
Are they mutually exclusive?
When I was a kid I would do odd jobs to earn the money to purchase whatever it was I wanted at that moment. I knew what I was willing to “give” to “get”. Back then it was simple – I’d give up some of my “time” to get the “money”. I “valued” the product more or equal to my time.
Is that paradigm broken? If so, what can be done to fix it? Better yet, can it be fixed?
Does devaluing the product mean you don’t value the efforts of the person behind the product at the same level or in the same way as the company which employs them?
How often have you taken time to think about that?
What exactly is a “livable income”? Who defines that – employers, government or the workers? Oh, and is it a truly “livable” income?
Does government help or hinder the free exchange of thoughts and ideas which lead to innovation?
I know. I know…Many questions and very few answers.
I know this – Many times it’s employees who get the short end of the stick when a company isn’t as profitable as the investors and bean counters think it should be. Their hours get cut or maybe their benefits are reduced. However, there is still the same amount of work to be done by fewer people in less time. Fair or not, that seems to be the “norm” for business nowadays.
I don’t know what the answer is. I just needed to get this out of my head and into the ether. Maybe these thoughts land on a more fertile mind and get solved. Then again maybe not, but at least they’re out there. Out there to be resolved.
Somehow and Someday by Someone.
Maybe even you…
Dan’s View 