They tend to forget that the people working the local areas
are still human beings. We are treated as autotrons that have no feelings or
emotions. They only care about the bottom $ or the magic number for that
particular month. That is when I want to simply rebel but then I have to
remember after all these years, what would I do or where would I go. Yes, they have me as well as a lot of other
by the short hairs.
I am back in the Midwest where things move a little slower
than when I lived in South Florida. People here are more laid back and easy
going. Everyone waves as you pass and it is with more than one finger… Now I
don’t know how the corporations behave up here but people in general just seem
to have less stress.
I wish I could figure it out or tap into how they do it. I
am sure there is a lot of stress but it just does not seem to be on the
surface. I work remotely at this time
and I still feel the stress and pressure of what my local office goes through
each month. Paul has even gotten to the point of finding ways to disappear the
last two days of the month due to my stress level.
Yes, Corporate America has been good to me and good for the
country for the most part. It just seems to me that they forget that what has
made them great are those of us in the trenches doing the hands on work for the
customers. It comes down to just how big
is too big, how much money is too much and would it really hurt their stock
holders to not get a dividend one year.
Sure they offer great benefits and good salaries to the staff. Yet what I see is staff has to work harder
each month to accommodate the goal set by Corporate. They have to work twice as hard to take well
deserved time off but still make the same quota or be considered not a team
player.
I am planning a few days to take care of my father after
surgery but I am stressing over leaving my fellow co-workers to deal with my
portion of the load. I know that the time
has come and gone, never to reappear in my life time; when we were able to stay
with a company 30 years and feel that we were part of something great. Oh well, see you Monday for another fun
filled week, and oh joy its end of month AGAIN.
See you in April, Paul…
Till next time LB
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