Comments on: Treating Employees Right

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 21:11:35 +0000

Almost 24 yrs with the same company, 2 yrs ago, lost our yearly bonus (piddly compared to the banks) took a pay cut.. lost our home.
Company offers me a spot I wasn’t sure about in sales, (demotion) as I’m into service, not sales, transferred us, another cut in pay. Lived 4 mos in 15 yr old not very big motor home. Transferred to a depressed area, not much in the way of sales, farmers fix it themselves and by cheaper parts. 1 yr later, company cuts me again, another 10,000,,, now… Bankruptcy, move out of our house we rent back into now 16 yr old Motorhome, wife 4 dogs, wife that cant quit crying because we’ve lost everything.. life is good huh?
In the past yr after the large company has layed off, fired, and cut pay, triple the expectations of the the employees still working, company has bought up new territory, bought new land for new corporate office… Do I have the right to have lost respect and start sending out resumes? LMAO.. I think I do and hopefully it will be a job with one of there customers!

By: Teresa

Teresa — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:24:05 +0000

I believe employees, like all individuals, should be treated right not just during difficult times but all the time. Showing respect towards others is a big factor. It leads to better, more harmonious working relationships, as well as personal ones.

A company looking to spring back from the economic downturn in 2009, and improve their business in 2010, could pick up a few tips from here. Treating employees right would help in keeping the top people in the company, and providing a good working environment for people inspires them to be more productive, confident and satisfied – leading to more profit and benefits for the company in the long run.

By: Laura

Laura — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:03:49 +0000

Nice points! I never thought about employees leaving at soon as the economy straightens itself out if they were mistreated now. Interesting food for thought… I am both an employee and employer (of sorts) Having jobs I love mixed with this job market has only made me appreciate my job even more and work harder. Thanks for the interesting posts!

By: J. Lynne

J. Lynne — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:50:54 +0000

For a year management used those exact words about how we should just be happy we had jobs and would nitpicking about personality things like if we were grumpy or they didn’t like the expression on our face. Now, our industry is getting a lot of stimulus money and even though we aren’t getting raises, one director actually said off- handedly in a meetng — “we know other people are going to be calling about work, but we’d appreciate if you’d stay.”. Nothing about how much they appreciate us or how sorry they are for treating us so bad for a year. You aren’t kidding about employees having long memories.

By: atomickitten

atomickitten — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:08:13 +0000

I had managers who were treating everyone like dirt. I resigned. No way Im working with someone like that. I love happy environments and that include workplaces. Same way when staff dont treat their customers right, I dont buy from their store at all.

So the real losers are businesses who dont teach their staff (and managers) how to treat customers right (and each other right). No customer means no sale. No sale means no income. No income means no profit. No profit mean the business go bust.

So to everyone, be polite and love your job. If you dont, just quit and find work that would make you happy.