Ever have 'one of those days' at work? I sure as hell had one today.
Have you ever left your place of employment and/or left a job training and thought to yourself, "What the F**k was the point of that"? Welcome to employment in the 21st century. It's amazing just how things operate at so many businesses and companies around the country. To boost morale, they come up with things like "Hawaiian shirt day", "staff appreciation day", and "employee of the month" certificates. Does any of this really boost your morale?
Ever spend 2 hours or more in a 'training', learning about something that is so simplistic and self explanatory, that you thought you were back in elementary school and the teacher was making sure you are not eating the glue. When did this happen in our society? Who decided long long ago that all business owners and/or big corporations had to outsource certain training positions to people (people who have no background, experience or knowledge of what the business or its staff actually does there) and have them teach courses and workshops on how they should do there job to best meet their potential and understand things more clearly.
Then comes the term 'supervisor'. I remember, back in the old days, I would learn from my parents and others about the whole idea behind employment......working for decades with the same company....moving up the 'ladder'......and going from stockroom clerk to CEO....
Nowadays, I read books like "Rich Dad, Poor Dad", among others, and you learn more about the idea of this century's BIG BUSINESS, and what business owners are now doing when it comes to how they treat their employees. This is where I learned about real life in today's society. This is where you learn about the ideas behind companies actually promoting co worker romance, and "employee of the month" and all of this crap. Soon it all becomes clear to me........think about it........ Bob and Susan both like each other at work, and they decide to start dating, guess what? They now have even more motivation to show up for work. And if Bob and Susan decide to get married, have kids, and go from having separate one room apartments to a 3 bedroom house, they now have, at the very least, tripled their expenses, and must make sure to do whatever they can to keep there jobs and thus have stable employment..........(All to the benefit of the employer)..
Then comes the idea of 'employee of the month', the term 'supervisor' and the raises that go along with it......... Think about....... John makes $9/hour selling widgets. After a year of maintaining good work ethic, not missing too many days, and receiving a lot of praise, John is making himself a "hot commodity"...... But instead of John moving on to bigger and better things and looking towards upward movement in the company.......His employer gives him "employee of the month" and maybe a $50 gift card to target... And if that doesn't work, they raise his salary to $9.50/hour and give the title of 'supervisor'.......Meanwhile, Mr. Millionaire Owner now gets to save his money on having to hire and train new employees and develop all the paperwork, investigating, and research that goes with it...........all for a $50 gift card and $.50 more and hour..........Gotta love the American economy.........
Ever spend 2 hours or more in a 'training', learning about something that is so simplistic and self explanatory, that you thought you were back in elementary school and the teacher was making sure you are not eating the glue. When did this happen in our society? Who decided long long ago that all business owners and/or big corporations had to outsource certain training positions to people (people who have no background, experience or knowledge of what the business or its staff actually does there) and have them teach courses and workshops on how they should do there job to best meet their potential and understand things more clearly.
Then comes the term 'supervisor'. I remember, back in the old days, I would learn from my parents and others about the whole idea behind employment......working for decades with the same company....moving up the 'ladder'......and going from stockroom clerk to CEO....
Nowadays, I read books like "Rich Dad, Poor Dad", among others, and you learn more about the idea of this century's BIG BUSINESS, and what business owners are now doing when it comes to how they treat their employees. This is where I learned about real life in today's society. This is where you learn about the ideas behind companies actually promoting co worker romance, and "employee of the month" and all of this crap. Soon it all becomes clear to me........think about it........ Bob and Susan both like each other at work, and they decide to start dating, guess what? They now have even more motivation to show up for work. And if Bob and Susan decide to get married, have kids, and go from having separate one room apartments to a 3 bedroom house, they now have, at the very least, tripled their expenses, and must make sure to do whatever they can to keep there jobs and thus have stable employment..........(All to the benefit of the employer)..
Then comes the idea of 'employee of the month', the term 'supervisor' and the raises that go along with it......... Think about....... John makes $9/hour selling widgets. After a year of maintaining good work ethic, not missing too many days, and receiving a lot of praise, John is making himself a "hot commodity"...... But instead of John moving on to bigger and better things and looking towards upward movement in the company.......His employer gives him "employee of the month" and maybe a $50 gift card to target... And if that doesn't work, they raise his salary to $9.50/hour and give the title of 'supervisor'.......Meanwhile, Mr. Millionaire Owner now gets to save his money on having to hire and train new employees and develop all the paperwork, investigating, and research that goes with it...........all for a $50 gift card and $.50 more and hour..........Gotta love the American economy.........
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