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Monday, June 1, 2009

Thats right. I'm angry.

If you are mistreated in the workplace complain to the supervisor. If you disagree with a policy go above whoever gave the order. You do not have to quit your job because they harass you further for speaking out. Stand up for yourself. If you are in the right you will not lose your job. If they fire you go to the papers, go to the lawyers, never stop pushing for what is right. If you see someone else being pressured to leave instead of being fired stand up. They may not be the best of workers, but they still deserve the proper treatment like everyone else. A workplace should never be "survival of the fittest." A policy of two people can be out on vacation on any given day is reasonable. When three people request the same week off, and their vacation is chopped up so they get different days is not reasonable or following common sense. When a 'first come, first serve' policy for vacations is removed for a specific request day in which neither arrival, or seniority is a factor for alloting vacations the policy is flawed, contrary to common sense, and unfair. When 97% performance of a worker drops to a 70% rating when forced to work in groups with other members who do not have the same higher standards and slack off it is not right to determine their worth on a group rating over the individual rating. When the standards are lowered after complaints to make the rating back to over 90% without a change in quality the policy is wrong, unproductive, and detrimental to quality. When someone who works for thirty years stands up on one occassion against a new policy and instead of being fired is inspected, intimidated, and harassed to the point of having a heart attack the company is wrong. The list of examples of mistreatment go on, and on, and on. They all come from the (place that if you want to know the name of, just send me an e-mail). I only see the results of what working there does to people. I only hear their complaints. I know they do not make their condition, or their complaints known to the superiors of superiors or the public. I know that I will not sit by any longer watching that place mistreat its workers, lower its quality standards, and insult the public's intelligence. I am taking a stand. I can only stand asking for its workers to speak out. I can only ask the management to change its policies to previous ways when worker morale was much higher.

The reasoning for standing up: common sense. Lower morale, lower quality, lay offs with no replacements are all caused in this case by changing common sense policies that made a relatively good working environment that provided a much better service for customers. Those changes are all bad for a business. Happy employees are more productive. It is proven. Lower quality always means less service or safety to make a few more pennies lost by other connecting factors. Not replacing workers layed off leads to fewer workers, more work, and less happiness and quality. A business with high quality and happy workers will always have happier, and thus more, customers.