I work for a Fortune 100 company at a plant located in the wilderness of
Tennessee (not an auto manufacturer). My plant has the unique position as
#1 bread-winner for the corporation. It has been located in this small
country town for nearly forty years.
In the past five years, the plant workforce has dropped from 950 to 750.
This is what the company calls ROF (reduction of forces). The plant
employees call it "Retire Or Fire".
In the same time period, the home office has instituted every program
imaginable to "educate" the local role employees on the changing culture
of our business.
Profits are great, the employees are not. Everyone hates the new
structure and a rebellion is brewing in the form of a union. Upper
management scratches their heads, not understanding that higher wages are
not the solution to every problem.
The employees just want to have their little family-oriented plant back.
The point of this unsolicited story is this: money can buy only one
emotion- greed. From my humble perspective, most people want a good work
environment over high salaries.
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