Absolutely they do, otherwise people would call in sick. Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk
I'm going to channel my inner-ATN and simply say that since the late 80s-early 90s, employers have gotten increasingly toolish about jacking their employees about every little nit-noid thing.
First was the transfer of the retirement burden to the employee...
Then it was the transfer of the health care burden...
Both the insurance industry and Wall Street saw that they had the working guy by the tender regions and decided to squeeze out their profit margin by taking advantage when they already were seeing good money from both of the above. I mean...in the 1960s...who in Wall Street would dream, even in the their most private moments of wonton avarice, that the common person would be FORCED to utilize their services, and pay them a cut, to simply fund their retirement, practically by government mandate.
And thanks to cell phones, email, and "big data", employees are now on the hook to work even in their private "not at work" time. If they don't answer emails or phone calls during non-work hours, they get "dinged" for not being productive.
As if those items aren't enough, employers continue to squeeze on the productivity issue focusing on nit noid items, even when the US has led in "productivity gains" over the past 25 years.
And they STILL whine about it....with a STRAIGHT FACE even. Employers never had it so good.
I had a former neighbor who did nothing but complain about his "slacker employees". I tried to clarify the situation, and determined that....his employees clocked in and out as they are supposed to, took their breaks according to policy, periodically used their sick leave benefit, took their vacations as scheduled, did the job asked of them during work time, left their work areas clean, but tended not to be reachable during off hours (not mandated) or not ALWAYS available for "voluntary overtime".
"So, in other words, you're upset they're doing the job as you outlined when you hired them?", and I further asked him if it ever occurred to him that maybe quality of life was more important than the W-2. He looked at me like I had 5 eyes and tentacles. I'm pretty sure he would have called me a communist, socialist or "radical labor organizer" under his breath when out of earshot.
There is special karmic payback waiting for people who treat their employees badly AND complain that they're slackers.
