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Give them an inch and they'll take a mile. If I'm paying for someone's time I expect their full and undivided attention. Work should be their priority in life and everything else should revolve around it. Employers aren't running a holiday camp. A business exists to turn capital into profit by maximising worker output, not to carry lazy passengers who can't be bothered contributing 110%. The Working Time Act is a target, not a limit. If you want an easy ride, don't fly Ryanair.
As for the beardies, who wants a leftie trade unionist stirring dissent and negotiating collectively? It's enough to make a small business owner pack it all in, become a dole scrounger, and get the idiot taxpayers to carry me and my numerous offspring through life.
Yikes!!Are you a business owner? If so do you share your profits amongst the staff or expect them to give the above commitment for your benefit? Reading some of these posts I'm appreciating my current employer more and more!!
NorthDrum, you need to wake up to the new economic reality and mind your good job. Work all the hours God sends and they will respect you when it comes time to place people in a "selection pool".
Work to Live is my motto.
Some here seem to think paying you a wage commands respect and quality of work.
Eh no,You can buy peoples labour but not their loyalty. Some people think money and power automatically commands respect, nope, not everybody leads their life by the mighty Euro.
Good businessmen dont make good managers. Yeh, they might make money and upset people along the way, but ruling with an iron fist is counter productive to a positive environment in an office.
I think that if you need to run an office like a strict dictator you are simply not capable of doing a good job managing your employees. By assuming most employees will take advantage of you in every turn, you are automatically programming your office culture to be me v them.
If you hire a bad worker then look in the mirror as to how you judge a persons character. Your obviously not good at spotting good talent (instead of moaning about them).
Yes an employee in general will probobley do whatever they can get away with, but with the right balance of rules, discipline and fairness an employee will not take the mickey. Problem is that most businessmen couldnt manage an office if their lives depended on it. Their main concern is the bottom line. Thats fair enough but they should hire people qualified to harness employees strengths (try telling a businessman they are not qualified for a specific job in their company!! Oh My!). Or at least in a small company try going to some sort of HR or Managing training, more then likely most businessmen would be at odds with recognised management practises ! !
I remember hearing this quote from some bigwig exec being interviewed on some radio show thats always stuck with me. Any idiot can manage employees, its the good managers who can manage the difficult employees.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile. If I'm paying for someone's time I expect their full and undivided attention. Work should be their priority in life and everything else should revolve around it. Employers aren't running a holiday camp. A business exists to turn capital into profit by maximising worker output, not to carry lazy passengers who can't be bothered contributing 110%. The Working Time Act is a target, not a limit. If you want an easy ride, don't fly Ryanair.
As for the beardies, who wants a leftie trade unionist stirring dissent and negotiating collectively? It's enough to make a small business owner pack it all in, become a dole scrounger, and get the idiot taxpayers to carry me and my numerous offspring through life.
I think Musgame is being honest and making a good point. Highly relevant currently. Times are tough out there and when employers are going to fire who will be first in line. People have to get with reality.NorthDrum, you need to wake up to the new economic reality and mind your good job. Work all the hours God sends and they will respect you when it comes time to place people in a "selection pool".
I think Musgame is being honest and making a good point. Highly relevant currently. Times are tough out there and when employers are going to fire who will be first in line. People have to get with reality.
Remind me though never to send a cv to your organisation mugsgame.
I prefer a job where I have an incentive to work, I've worked in jobs I've hated and had no motivation. If working 110% will progress me I see nothing wrong with that. Currently I imagine the 110% motivation is just to keep a job.
Some here seem to think paying you a wage commands respect and quality of work.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile. If I'm paying for someone's time I expect their full and undivided attention. Work should be their priority in life and everything else should revolve around it. Employers aren't running a holiday camp. A business exists to turn capital into profit by maximising worker output, not to carry lazy passengers who can't be bothered contributing 110%. The Working Time Act is a target, not a limit. If you want an easy ride, don't fly Ryanair.
As for the beardies, who wants a leftie trade unionist stirring dissent and negotiating collectively? It's enough to make a small business owner pack it all in, become a dole scrounger, and get the idiot taxpayers to carry me and my numerous offspring through life.
Your job should be your number one priority while you are there. Your personal problems etc should not come into it.Your business should be their priority in life?
Your job should be your number one priority while you are there. Your personal problems etc should not come into it.
I agree but that understanding has to cut both ways. I suppose it comes down to mutual respect and common sense.It should, but how often does life fit outside the 9-5 hours. There has to be leeway and understanding. If you have personal problems then you are going to find it very hard to switch on and off your concerns.
You can be a hard working diligent employee and still be human. As pp's have said, it is usually those employers that treat their employees with respect and flexibilty that get the same back and the best results.
I agree but that understanding has to cut both ways. I suppose it comes down to mutual respect and common sense.
I guess that if work was really top priority for most people, there would be very few posts on AAM from M-F, 9-5!
[Posted from home, on a sickie]
Gettin' paid for it though, aren't ya?I guess that if work was really top priority for most people, there would be very few posts on AAM from M-F, 9-5!
[Posted from home, on a sickie]
And would people stop saying 110%! Its nonsense Apprentice style management speak like thinking outside the box, and highly irritating!
1) one employee sits at his computer from 1 until 2 eating luch and surfing the net. Come 2 o clock he goes to the toilet for a 10 minute break.......... (dont worry he no longer does this)
i woudl expect him to use some initiative and look on a map or the internet for directions.
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