Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Keeping It Gimple
how does this work exactly? surely the guy who works harder is more valuable?
|
because in corporate America employees are not treated as individual sources of quality work. They are cogs, pieces, to be switched and swapped around at the discretion of upper management. Whole departments can be dumped/fired/laid off solely because cost overruns have occurred in a different department. with this expendability ingrained in the workforce, requiring employees whose departure would not be critical to the actual functioning of the busienss. the search for REAL talent and hard work only occurs in very specified positions, things like "Director" or "VP of Finance". It is why hourly employes are treated like sheep to be herded, while salaried employees are treated like slaves to overwork.
the person that works harder is more valuable only to an employer that actually allows that employee to be invested in the work. most companies do not do this, saving their profit-sharing, stock options, performance bonuses solely for those in upper management. (the 20% of "actually valuable" employees.) a slacker "file clerk" will get paid just as much as a "hardworking" file clerk. Sometimes the hard work is noticed and appreciated (rare) but many times it is actually discouraged, because it creates tension among the drones.
Of course this is a generalization of sorts, but it has been my experience in all fields of work.