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Old 19-06-2006, 02:14 AM   #39
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Originally Posted by OXR60W
No, he is the union delegate and encourages the guys to do bare minimum ( which as dumb as it is , is stated that each employee must do a minimum of 420 repairs/shift.)

If the guys did the repairs that they could do, and quite comfortably, which is about 670, they could get early knock offs, bonuses etc. Instead the majority follow the minority, and the company loses productivity.

he does his job to the letter, encourages others to do minimum numbers etc.
because the guys follow his lead, but when asked is he encouraging them to do less, they say no. So the company can't touch him, even tho its his attitude thats doing the damage.

So even tho technically no-one is doing anything wrong, one person that cant be touched, is costing productivity.

That better ?
It does sound like a dumb situation. But I still think that it comes back to comunication. It sounds like there is a real "us and them" mentality in that company. Eventually the company could well fail. If it did fail, both would be to blame. But putting Australians out of work and bringing in foreigners is not the answer. There is always two sides to an argument.

What is it that they fix 470 odd of per shift????
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