I've done it. I have a Lowes walking distance from my house and you can never find help in the departments and they always have 1 cash open and the self-checkout which is always 1/2 working/broken.
Is it just me? Corporations
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Originally Posted By: jeepman3071
Originally Posted By: StevieC
McDonalds has "Sales per Man Hour" and they send people home if the ratio of sales is too low to the amount of people but never below the minimum number required.
The back of house technology they have is impressive. They can even tell you down to the patties how many you need for each hour of each day of the year based on historical averages and promotions running.
I would hate to work in one of those places. You would never know how many hours you were working in a given week/how much your paycheck would be.
That's why they you can't trust the quality of the product/service where they pay the minimum and value the employee at the minimum.
But people seem to be OK with it and guzzle their food.
Originally Posted By: StevieC
McDonalds has "Sales per Man Hour" and they send people home if the ratio of sales is too low to the amount of people but never below the minimum number required.
The back of house technology they have is impressive. They can even tell you down to the patties how many you need for each hour of each day of the year based on historical averages and promotions running.
I would hate to work in one of those places. You would never know how many hours you were working in a given week/how much your paycheck would be.
That's why they you can't trust the quality of the product/service where they pay the minimum and value the employee at the minimum.
But people seem to be OK with it and guzzle their food.
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Corporate micro management ruins businesses.
Originally Posted By: aquariuscsm
Corporate micro management ruins businesses.
Corporate micro management ruins businesses.
Originally Posted By: jeepman3071
Originally Posted By: StevieC
McDonalds has "Sales per Man Hour" and they send people home if the ratio of sales is too low to the amount of people but never below the minimum number required.
The back of house technology they have is impressive. They can even tell you down to the patties how many you need for each hour of each day of the year based on historical averages and promotions running.
I would hate to work in one of those places. You would never know how many hours you were working in a given week/how much your paycheck would be.
I worked in a supermarket when I was 15 years old, even back then I knew there were sales/profit metrics to be met that affected staffing and scheduling of part/full time employees.
Originally Posted By: StevieC
McDonalds has "Sales per Man Hour" and they send people home if the ratio of sales is too low to the amount of people but never below the minimum number required.
The back of house technology they have is impressive. They can even tell you down to the patties how many you need for each hour of each day of the year based on historical averages and promotions running.
I would hate to work in one of those places. You would never know how many hours you were working in a given week/how much your paycheck would be.
I worked in a supermarket when I was 15 years old, even back then I knew there were sales/profit metrics to be met that affected staffing and scheduling of part/full time employees.
Originally Posted By: aquariuscsm
Corporate micro management ruins businesses.
I worked for a company that went from 15 to 140M a year , it was bought by 2 billion dollar company
They left us alone and we grew it to 160M in a few years but that wast fast enough,
So the mother ship stepped with their management team proceeded to turn it into a 50M a year company in 5 years.
Nice work - clowns.
UD
Corporate micro management ruins businesses.
I worked for a company that went from 15 to 140M a year , it was bought by 2 billion dollar company
They left us alone and we grew it to 160M in a few years but that wast fast enough,
So the mother ship stepped with their management team proceeded to turn it into a 50M a year company in 5 years.
Nice work - clowns.
UD
I just left a company that was going through the same type of thing. They are now way behind in their projected sales, their first loss in almost 90 years. Looks good on them.
Originally Posted By: StevieC
I just left a company that was going through the same type of thing. They are now way behind in their projected sales, their first loss in almost 90 years. Looks good on them.
It was pretty horrific watching temporary employees making permanent decisions.
Not one of them thought about anything from the customers perspective but their own internal focused position on this or that.
UD
I just left a company that was going through the same type of thing. They are now way behind in their projected sales, their first loss in almost 90 years. Looks good on them.
It was pretty horrific watching temporary employees making permanent decisions.
Not one of them thought about anything from the customers perspective but their own internal focused position on this or that.
UD
UD, yeah tell me about it... This company lost so many good people that had been there 20-30 year and folks like me that were there only a few years. They also lost a few major long time customers.
They still got most of their bonuses though.
They still got most of their bonuses though.
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Originally Posted By: StevieC
UD, yeah tell me about it... This company lost so many good people that had been there 20-30 year and folks like me that were there only a few years. They also lost a few major long time customers.
They still got most of their bonuses though.
Yup - the amount of reward for failure is unbelievable.
The new guys plan was to take all the clients to w new "flex software plan" that took 3 years of revenue up front.
Problem was to make it fly they gave away 5 years of software upgrades.
I said thats just great well all do real well this year , but what are we were going to do years 2-5 when we have the quota number but no revenue?
I was told - "I wont be here when the that day comes so I don't care." " There is no tomorrow"
UD
UD, yeah tell me about it... This company lost so many good people that had been there 20-30 year and folks like me that were there only a few years. They also lost a few major long time customers.
They still got most of their bonuses though.
Yup - the amount of reward for failure is unbelievable.
The new guys plan was to take all the clients to w new "flex software plan" that took 3 years of revenue up front.
Problem was to make it fly they gave away 5 years of software upgrades.
I said thats just great well all do real well this year , but what are we were going to do years 2-5 when we have the quota number but no revenue?
I was told - "I wont be here when the that day comes so I don't care." " There is no tomorrow"
UD
WOW
Originally Posted By: UncleDave
Originally Posted By: StevieC
UD, yeah tell me about it... This company lost so many good people that had been there 20-30 year and folks like me that were there only a few years. They also lost a few major long time customers.
They still got most of their bonuses though.
Yup - the amount of reward for failure is unbelievable.
Yup, exactly. It isn't just corporations either, state government is a heavy hitter with this stuff, and the unions make it 10x worse.
There was a guy at the State department I worked at who was making 100k+ a year as a technology applications analyst. He never did ANY work. Found out why, he was making pornographic movies and running his own website making and selling videos from a State computer. Running a business from a State computer is illegal anyway, never mind the content.
A previous manager tried to get this guy fired, but he was a minority. He claimed the State was trying to fire him because of his race. They left him alone, figuring there was nothing they could do.
Luckily, the next manager came in, realized what was happening, and got video proof of him doing it, which wasn't hard since he did this out in the open in his cubicle, thinking he was untouchable. The manager went to the commissioner, stating this guy was a huge security risk with his actions, and if anything happened to the applications and their sensitive data, he was not responsible because they allowed this guy to still do what he was doing.
He never got fired, but was "convinced to retire" and he still collects a pension.
Unbelievable.
Originally Posted By: StevieC
UD, yeah tell me about it... This company lost so many good people that had been there 20-30 year and folks like me that were there only a few years. They also lost a few major long time customers.
They still got most of their bonuses though.
Yup - the amount of reward for failure is unbelievable.
Yup, exactly. It isn't just corporations either, state government is a heavy hitter with this stuff, and the unions make it 10x worse.
There was a guy at the State department I worked at who was making 100k+ a year as a technology applications analyst. He never did ANY work. Found out why, he was making pornographic movies and running his own website making and selling videos from a State computer. Running a business from a State computer is illegal anyway, never mind the content.
A previous manager tried to get this guy fired, but he was a minority. He claimed the State was trying to fire him because of his race. They left him alone, figuring there was nothing they could do.
Luckily, the next manager came in, realized what was happening, and got video proof of him doing it, which wasn't hard since he did this out in the open in his cubicle, thinking he was untouchable. The manager went to the commissioner, stating this guy was a huge security risk with his actions, and if anything happened to the applications and their sensitive data, he was not responsible because they allowed this guy to still do what he was doing.
He never got fired, but was "convinced to retire" and he still collects a pension.
Unbelievable.
Originally Posted By: jeepman3071
Originally Posted By: UncleDave
Originally Posted By: StevieC
UD, yeah tell me about it... This company lost so many good people that had been there 20-30 year and folks like me that were there only a few years. They also lost a few major long time customers.
They still got most of their bonuses though.
Yup - the amount of reward for failure is unbelievable.
Yup, exactly. It isn't just corporations either, state government is a heavy hitter with this stuff, and the unions make it 10x worse.
There was a guy at the State department I worked at who was making 100k+ a year as a technology applications analyst. He never did ANY work. Found out why, he was making pornographic movies and running his own website making and selling videos from a State computer. Running a business from a State computer is illegal anyway, never mind the content.
A previous manager tried to get this guy fired, but he was a minority. He claimed the State was trying to fire him because of his race. They left him alone, figuring there was nothing they could do.
Luckily, the next manager came in, realized what was happening, and got video proof of him doing it, which wasn't hard since he did this out in the open in his cubicle, thinking he was untouchable. The manager went to the commissioner, stating this guy was a huge security risk with his actions, and if anything happened to the applications and their sensitive data, he was not responsible because they allowed this guy to still do what he was doing.
He never got fired, but was "convinced to retire" and he still collects a pension.
Unbelievable.
Unfortunately, some Americans are 'untouchable'......and I'm not talking about people from India...I think that many Americans are unaware of what REALLY goes on....if they knew they might feel different but the media has an AGENDA and honesty isn't part of it....
Originally Posted By: UncleDave
Originally Posted By: StevieC
UD, yeah tell me about it... This company lost so many good people that had been there 20-30 year and folks like me that were there only a few years. They also lost a few major long time customers.
They still got most of their bonuses though.
Yup - the amount of reward for failure is unbelievable.
Yup, exactly. It isn't just corporations either, state government is a heavy hitter with this stuff, and the unions make it 10x worse.
There was a guy at the State department I worked at who was making 100k+ a year as a technology applications analyst. He never did ANY work. Found out why, he was making pornographic movies and running his own website making and selling videos from a State computer. Running a business from a State computer is illegal anyway, never mind the content.
A previous manager tried to get this guy fired, but he was a minority. He claimed the State was trying to fire him because of his race. They left him alone, figuring there was nothing they could do.
Luckily, the next manager came in, realized what was happening, and got video proof of him doing it, which wasn't hard since he did this out in the open in his cubicle, thinking he was untouchable. The manager went to the commissioner, stating this guy was a huge security risk with his actions, and if anything happened to the applications and their sensitive data, he was not responsible because they allowed this guy to still do what he was doing.
He never got fired, but was "convinced to retire" and he still collects a pension.
Unbelievable.
Unfortunately, some Americans are 'untouchable'......and I'm not talking about people from India...I think that many Americans are unaware of what REALLY goes on....if they knew they might feel different but the media has an AGENDA and honesty isn't part of it....
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