I feel sorry for the person who can’t get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile.
-Walter Chrysler
America, It Will Take Much More Than Our Daily Wants To Go Forward (Continued)
Your success, our commitment by pierofix flickr
IV. Rebuilding the commitment between Employer and Employee – Our priorities for the American workplace within the next ten years will be both aspirational and inspirational. First to restore the American worker to his/her rightful place as the most valuable, respected, and sought after employee in the world; and second, to restore the American company as the most successful and desirable place to work in the business world.
The environment now is a relationship of turmoil, suspicion, anxiety, mutual disrespect, distrust and mutual disloyalty between employers and employees. It’s times like these that companies create and abide by an “Employer-Employee Bill Of Rights” that is signed by both parties that includes the following commitments:
- · A commitment to speak and a commitment to listen – Listen is the key word both the employers and employees must improve their listening skills to hear what each other says to weight the issues and facts to benefit the survival of the company and to benefit all both management and employees.
- · A commitment to provide genuine work-life choices – Employees that are parents for example the right to attend the important functions of their children-employers should recognize this right but conversely employers should be notified well in advance of the absenteeism to appropriately schedule the work required. This is simple but not practiced as often as you might think, because employee fear and employer reaction.
- · A commitment to predictability – It is simply unacceptable to tell employees to expect a forty-hour work week when they tell employees to expect a 40 hr work week when they are hired and then ask them to do fifty hours or more…..or cut their hours significantly if they’re hour employees. Conversely, employers have every right to demand that employees arrive on time and stay until the appointed hour. (more…)
