Idealism meets REALism

After 5 months I quit my first job in my life.
I was a bright eyed bushy tailed greenhorn invested in the idea of working for a company that prides itself on the same values I believe I have. I was at the tip of the spear helping people where it all beings at the very bottom.
After a month of training our team of twenty excited and determined people graduated with the highest grade point average ever and without losing a person.
Within 4 months we had lost 40% of team.
I told anyone that would listen that In the military we would have been combat ineffective within a month and within two our chain of command would have been relieved. Regardless of who you raised issues to it was always the same response:
” We know and we have been trying to fix it for years”
What Happened?
Ultimately without a doubt the root cause was a lack of either concern or the ability to utilize the time and attendance system.
People that needed to work full time couldn’t get more hours even though there were calls everyday for people to stay beyond there shift.
People wanted less hours as they were hired part time (my case) but worked almost 40 and late into the night when only a very small percentage of people where present. Changes to schedule all the way up to the day before a persons required attendance where commonplace.
Start and stop times that changed between 15 minutes and hours daily, and days off that changed every week nor where concurrent.
For people in school, with children or any other commitments it was an unattainable goal to stay.
What a horrible waste of time, money and most important people that could easily be fixed if Leaders Lead. I wish I could go back.
Posted on July 27, 2023, in Leadership, Situational, Starting out. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment.


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