erraticwisdom

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1. Corporations today don’t realize the value they have in human capital. Employees are seen more as a replaceable liability than as an important source of knowledge and expertise. It’s the sad rationale behind why corporations lay off people so easily to save cash and please shareholders. They don’t properly consider the long term effects of losing valuable knowledge and the recruiting and learning curve costs associated with new employees.
   
   It’s not a morale booster to line an executive’s pockets by working harder. That’s why many people are motivated to start their own businesses and work for themselves. Otherwise, we are just selling our services to help our employer, but for money and benefits. So all employees are being “used” to some degree, but employees can “use” their employers back by managing workload, hours, and expectations to some degree. That’s the only saving grace, and the reason that unions were formed.
   – Atul

   Atul

   Mar 13, 10:56 PM #
2. I agree that employers are not recognizing the worth of their people. Perhaps there will be a time when all aspects of a business can be controlled or produced with machines, but until then, companies need to learn just how important their employees are.
   
   Come to think of it, maybe it’s better if they don’t :D

   Thame

   Mar 14, 01:13 PM #
3. I’m not sure if I agree that companies don’t recognize the value of their employees. Usually, it is the unprofitable businesses that you find doing the widespread lay-offs, and the only reason why they are laying off employees in the first place is because they don’t have the monetary resources to support them. In most forward-thinking organizations, the main goal of human resource managers is to boost employee morale and think of gratifying rewards so that they do not lose their most innovative and intelligent employees to other competing firms that are also trying to draw them in.
   
   That being said, most companies recognize the value of a highly skilled individual because if that person leaves, he or she is going to be difficult to replace. However, in the case of “less skilled” individuals (i.e. sales clerks), companies will do less to keep these people happy because they are easy to replace in that practically anybody can learn how to be a sales clerk in a relatively short time period, with minimal training.
   
   I don’t think that it is accurate to say that corporations do not recognize the value of ALL their employees, but they certainly do not recognize the potential of those who work lower-level jobs. Most people employed as sales clerks, for example, are capable of doing so much more than many managers may realize. I worked at a waterpark last summer selling waterpark passes, and I know that I am capable of much more than pressing buttons and wristbanding people. I think the challenge for many companies is to transfer their attitudes regarding employees to lower levels of the organization instead of just focussing on the most skilled individuals.Most sales clerks can be much more effective if given just a little more training, room to be creative, and responsibility, since their skill sets are beyond what their jobs actually require.

   Colleen

   Mar 20, 03:20 PM #
4. I agree also that employers are not recognizing the worth of their people
   
   Tee

   Tee

   Dec 17, 06:35 AM #

5. managers may realize. I worked at a waterpark last summer selling waterpark passes, and I know that I am capable of much more than pressing buttons and wristbanding people. I think the challenge for many companies is to transfer their attitudes regarding employees to lower levels of the organization instead of just focussing on the most skilled individuals.Most sales clerks can be much more effect

   Arron Opo

   Mar 23, 01:42 PM #