Re:Employee happiness and business success are linked
by rhizome on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @07:16PM
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It is a LONG standing dominant philosophy in US business that "morale" is pretty much the last thing to be concerned with. Someone not working well? Get rid of them and replace them with someone better. This has been going on for generations, and I wouldn't be surprised if it's taught all day long, every day, in every business school in the nation.
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Re:Employee happiness and business success are linked
by drawkbox on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @02:31AM
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"Put that coffee down!! Coffee's for closers only."
Re:Employee happiness and business success are linked
by rhizome on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @04:34PM
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For all the ways Office Space is dated, I think its meditation on morale won't be for a long time.
Re:Employee happiness and business success are linked
by RhodesianHunter on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @08:16PM
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It's not.
Re:Employee happiness and business success are linked
by rhizome on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @08:49PM
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Conventional wisdom? Or "common sense?" It's too common to be sauna talk.
Re:Employee happiness and business success are linked
by RhodesianHunter on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @09:11PM
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It is not something taught at any reputable business school.
Re:Employee happiness and business success are linked
by cyphar on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @01:01AM
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Then it's one of the many things you "learn on the job". Just because there isn't a course in "Crushing your Employee's Souls 101" doesn't mean sacrificing morale for short-term profits isn't an insanely common practice.