The Chicken and the Pig................

[BlueStreak]

"I would like to share a story with you. It's a story about a chicken and a pig.

A chicken and a pig are walking down the road, when the chicken proposes the two of them start a restaurant. The pig asks, "What should we call this new restaurant?". To which the chicken replies, "Ham and Eggs."

See, that's the kind of dedication we need from you, our employees. We need more people like the pig, willing to sacrifice whatever it takes for the good of the business.......".

The pig gets to "sacrifice" his life and those of other pigs once he's gone. The chicken gets to lay eggs, live and collect the money.

This is what we were told in the monthly employee/management meeting last night, by our Plant Manager. Which, of course, was followed by the unveiling of the new shift schedule which will reduce the production employees to 34.5 hours a week.

No, I DO NOT LIKE what you "pro-business" types are turning my country into.

Dave

[BlueStreak]

(Fortunately, for me, this does not yet apply to the maintenance department. We will remain on our current schedule.)

[Oerets]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

(Fortunately, for me, this does not yet apply to the maintenance department. We will remain on our current schedule.)

Your lucky that the management haven't found a way to have you run production! One of my son's is in maintenance (non-union BTW) here and runs a machine when not fixing or everything running smooth!




Barney

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Oerets

Your lucky that the management haven't found a way to have you run production! One of my son's is in maintenance (non-union BTW) here and runs a machine when not fixing or everything running smooth!




Barney

It's worse, Barney. They've been trying, unsuccessfully, to train production employees to do our jobs.

Dave

[Oerets]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

It's worse, Barney. They've been trying, unsuccessfully, to train production employees to do our jobs.

Dave

I learned with my time in production. Grinding teeth at night when sleeping and all that. The A$$ holes will FK U no matter what!

This sounds like the classic numbers game. Force the higher paid to accept lower pay. Classic Six Sigma (Jack Welch) thinking after all!



Barney

[MrPots]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

(Fortunately, for me, this does not yet apply to the maintenance department. We will remain on our current schedule.)

For now.....

[bobabode]

Sheesh.

[icenine]

they were dumb enough to tell a story like that?

how did it go down with the production workers?

[Tom Joad]

God.

And I thought it was bad when right after Jeb Bush got elected governor our management started pushing that "Who moved my cheese crap."

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

God.

And I thought it was bad when right after Jeb Bush got elected governor our management started pushing that "Who moved my cheese crap."

Who Moved my Cheese?

Our Iceberg is Melting!

The Question Behind the Question

Fish Tales!

The Five Pillars of Organizational Excellence

I've read all of those books. All of them provided by employers. There are some great basic ideas to be found in all of them. They all make points that people probably should follow. But, they all also have the same Achilles Heel;

They exist only in the ideal world. In the real world people act differently, whether you like it or not.

Dave