Comments on: What’s your experience working in today’s tougher workplace? https://leaderchat.org/2013/04/15/whats-your-experience-working-in-todays-tougher-workplace/ A Forum to Discuss Leadership and Management Issues Sun, 21 Apr 2013 04:54:05 +0000 hourly 1 By: wercsite https://leaderchat.org/2013/04/15/whats-your-experience-working-in-todays-tougher-workplace/#comment-9288 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 04:54:05 +0000 http://leaderchat.org/?p=4040#comment-9288 In reply to David Witt.

You are welcome, and thank you for all of your great posts!

]]> By: Teresa Petersen Mendoza, MS, LMFT https://leaderchat.org/2013/04/15/whats-your-experience-working-in-todays-tougher-workplace/#comment-9257 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:47:43 +0000 http://leaderchat.org/?p=4040#comment-9257 In reply to David Witt.

Dr. Gruber, I’m interested on what you have to say re: More with Less. I think it’s a phrase that is significantly over-used in our current organizational climate.

]]> By: David Witt https://leaderchat.org/2013/04/15/whats-your-experience-working-in-todays-tougher-workplace/#comment-9209 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:22:34 +0000 http://leaderchat.org/?p=4040#comment-9209 In reply to Zero Gravity.

I’m glad that working for yourself turned out well. Sometimes that’s the only way to can create an environment where you can flourish!

]]> By: Zero Gravity https://leaderchat.org/2013/04/15/whats-your-experience-working-in-todays-tougher-workplace/#comment-9207 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:31:49 +0000 http://leaderchat.org/?p=4040#comment-9207 What’s your experience working in today’s tougher workplace? great feedback from everyone and those feedback and trends will continue. I left the corporate world because of those types of feedback and open my own. it was tough in the beginning…but now i’m glad I did that move.

]]> By: David Witt https://leaderchat.org/2013/04/15/whats-your-experience-working-in-todays-tougher-workplace/#comment-9205 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:11:10 +0000 http://leaderchat.org/?p=4040#comment-9205 In reply to Ellen.

Hi Ellen–great point about two kinds of companies–those that see employees as costs to be managed–and those that see employees as assets to be developed. I think employers have to ask themselves what type of company do they want to be and how many top people do they expect to recruit and retain with that attitude? Choices may be limited now, but good people will always go where they are appreciated and given opportunities to grow.

]]> By: David Witt https://leaderchat.org/2013/04/15/whats-your-experience-working-in-todays-tougher-workplace/#comment-9204 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:07:20 +0000 http://leaderchat.org/?p=4040#comment-9204 In reply to Girsang.

Interesting perspective–in the same way that frontline workers often feel unsupported from their supervisor, you’re saying that managers often feel unsupported by their staffs. Hmmm!

]]> By: David Witt https://leaderchat.org/2013/04/15/whats-your-experience-working-in-todays-tougher-workplace/#comment-9203 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:05:33 +0000 http://leaderchat.org/?p=4040#comment-9203 In reply to wercsite.

Thanks for the report on WERC News!

]]> By: David Witt https://leaderchat.org/2013/04/15/whats-your-experience-working-in-todays-tougher-workplace/#comment-9202 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:04:23 +0000 http://leaderchat.org/?p=4040#comment-9202 In reply to Joe.

Hi Joe–great point–I’ve seen stats that even with entry-level jobs, the costs of replacing an experienced employee costs a company 30% of that position’s annual wages. Replacing highly specialized workers can run up to 200% of annual salaries.

]]> By: Ellen https://leaderchat.org/2013/04/15/whats-your-experience-working-in-todays-tougher-workplace/#comment-9201 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:12:06 +0000 http://leaderchat.org/?p=4040#comment-9201 I think there are two kinds of companies out there. The first hires and fires based on the market and the employees are “headcount”. The second is dedicated to their mission and they hire only the best fits and they support their goals. It’s true in both large and small companies. The second group is a much smaller group (<20%) but they control a much larger part of the revenue. They tend to practice consultative selling and produce fewer but better products or be more involved in corporate strategy. Workers are watching and when people finally realize that austerity doesn't work, there will be a lot of workers who bolt. The companies with the worst employee relations will be left behind (they typically don't invest a lot in technology either and tend to live in the moment). I guess that's not helpful now but in the meantime, quit checking work email at home and if that's not an option, set boundaries like i don't check email after 7pm etc. Yes, somebody else will but you're not going to get a promotion in that environment and if you do it will just mean more work without a raise. If they threaten you, it's time to start looking.

]]> By: Girsang https://leaderchat.org/2013/04/15/whats-your-experience-working-in-todays-tougher-workplace/#comment-9194 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 04:03:37 +0000 http://leaderchat.org/?p=4040#comment-9194 What i want to share is : Employer push their Manager or Senior Manager to work with less support from experienced staff. For example, in manufacture company, I found that Manager doesnt have Supervisor to control production, He only have administration staff to support him.

]]> By: wercsite https://leaderchat.org/2013/04/15/whats-your-experience-working-in-todays-tougher-workplace/#comment-9192 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 02:17:53 +0000 http://leaderchat.org/?p=4040#comment-9192 Reblogged this on WERC News and commented:
The Great Recession and the Tougher Workplace.

]]> By: Joe https://leaderchat.org/2013/04/15/whats-your-experience-working-in-todays-tougher-workplace/#comment-9191 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 01:27:35 +0000 http://leaderchat.org/?p=4040#comment-9191 Employers thinking an employee can be easily replaced forget that it takes years and lots of money to get a new employee proficient. Additionally, there are the unknowns abot the new individual’s habits, etc.

]]> By: David Witt https://leaderchat.org/2013/04/15/whats-your-experience-working-in-todays-tougher-workplace/#comment-9189 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:12:28 +0000 http://leaderchat.org/?p=4040#comment-9189 In reply to Ms. Meka.

Thanks for the re-blog Ms. Meka

]]> By: David Witt https://leaderchat.org/2013/04/15/whats-your-experience-working-in-todays-tougher-workplace/#comment-9188 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:11:03 +0000 http://leaderchat.org/?p=4040#comment-9188 In reply to Dr Gary Gruber.

Hi Gary–yes, I would be interested in your thoughts on “doing more with less.” Please share!

]]> By: David Witt https://leaderchat.org/2013/04/15/whats-your-experience-working-in-todays-tougher-workplace/#comment-9187 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:09:43 +0000 http://leaderchat.org/?p=4040#comment-9187 In reply to Kelly.

Hi Kelly–you’re right that the evidence is clear that people do their best when they are given goals that are moderately stretching and that let them have the time to do their best work. Here are some companies that put that idea into practice from Fortune’s Best Companies to Work For http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/best-companies/2012/full_list/

]]> By: Ms. Meka https://leaderchat.org/2013/04/15/whats-your-experience-working-in-todays-tougher-workplace/#comment-9186 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:53:16 +0000 http://leaderchat.org/?p=4040#comment-9186 Reblogged this on Royal TKO Media CEO Blog and commented:
Manic Monday? i hope not. Here’s another great re-blog to share with our fans and followers.

]]> By: Dr Gary Gruber https://leaderchat.org/2013/04/15/whats-your-experience-working-in-todays-tougher-workplace/#comment-9185 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:49:15 +0000 http://leaderchat.org/?p=4040#comment-9185 I recall a UPS “efficiency manager” following a driver around with a stop watch, timing how long it took him to deliver, drive to the next address, unload a package, continue his deliveries and finish his route. We had the same kinds of people on the railroad when I worked on the tracks. Timekeepers! We didn’t particularly like them or the kind of environment where time is more important than the service being provided, or so it seemed. One of the top three core values of the U.S. is time and our control of it. The other two, by the way, are financial opportunity and individual freedom. We all have choices. We quit the railroad because it was a summer job and we went back to college but I thought often of those stuck in jobs where they punch the clock and the clock punches them back, day after day after day. Doing more with less is perhaps a good idea but I have a different take on the meaning of that phrase. Interested?

]]> By: Kelly https://leaderchat.org/2013/04/15/whats-your-experience-working-in-todays-tougher-workplace/#comment-9184 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:45:55 +0000 http://leaderchat.org/?p=4040#comment-9184 My experience: Database manager – went from 45 hour 5 day week to 60 hour 7 day work week, reduced pay and benefits. Employer expresses similar attitude as in article , if you can’t do it someone else will and for less money. I have more physical ailments (back pain, migraine headaches,) I am short tempered, occasional loss of focus. 5 hours sleep, no down time, lunch break non existent so less healthy eating habits. With so much documented evidence indicating a work force is far more productive and efficient when there is downtime, personal life, and lunch breaks how is it 21st century office/knowledge work resembles early 20th century factory work? Where are the business that truly follow the examples of business thought leaders?

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