How Come Employees Don't Help Each Other Anymore?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have a part time job in a grocery store deli. We fry chicken, make salads, bake chicken, stock a salad bar, and do sandwiches and dips. Same old stuff, everyday. I remember back in the 80's, if you worked hard you got rewarded for it. Wages, were high and so was productivity. Since then skilled workers were starting to become scarce and today skilled workers are non-existent.

  Look where we are today, minimum wage, part time hours only, no paid holidays. Why? Lazy workers with no skills, no desire to improve themselves, and only care about themselves and could care less about helping their fellow employees finish a task.
  Calling off sick, not showing up, going home with a headache. They get fired and another loser shows up. Can this be fixed? They think "retirement" is changing a flat.

 I looked everywhere for some good advice as to how to handle lazy coworkers. This young lady  by far, has the best advice. The problem is only going to get worse. Robots are seriously being considered to take over some of the mundane duties in retail enviorments.

Another area I've noticed that's becoming a problem, taking responsibility for your actions, and apologizing for it. That's another post.

One thing that I did when another deli employee would leave the the last item they sliced on the slicer and leave it for someone else to wrap it for them and return to the meat case, I would say, "hey Frank, I got you covered". I made sure the rest of the employees heard it, because he did it to every body. Pretty soon, everyone started to help each other put things away. Customer service got faster and our weekly sales tripled. I love this video, til next time~