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How does this increased productivity benefit the workers? Are they getting any personal upside for working harder, I wonder?

manigandham 8y ago
Productivity is about efficiency, not working harder. Getting more done in a normal work-week benefits everyone, and I'm sure all those employees would prefer a company that is in business to continue paying their salaries, bonuses and increasing their stock value.
- angersock 8y ago
  How does more get done in a normal workweek but by greater exertion of workers? This is literally factory work. Sure, a few of the proposals are aimed at fixing sloppy management...but where do you think the extra cars come from?
  - manigandham 8y ago
    As already answered, you get more done by being more efficient with the given effort. It doesn't matter whether it's factory work or CEO level. Increasing productivity usually leads to a decrease in net effort by workers. If you want an example, look at the epitome of production line efficiency that is the Toyota Production System: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Production_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Production_System
  - jpindar 8y ago
    If you don't think any factory has processes that can be improved, I'd like to know which factories you've worked at, and are they hiring?
  - sowbug 8y ago
    Less rework. Moving shorter distances. Reordering steps to defer work until it can be done more cheaply. Batching similar operations to reduce tool changes. I'm sure there are many more ways. Source: I made this up. I don't work in the auto industry.
  - megaman22 8y ago
    Working smarter, not harder. Even in rote, blue-collar work, you can look at your process and figure out inefficiencies that make it harder to do things. Here's a simple example I learned from my dad, cutting firewood, that consistently surprises people. If you're not familiar with cutting firewood, it usually comes tree-length, and you've got to work it down to the length that fits in your stove with a chainsaw. You want it to all be the same length, within an inch or so, so that it stacks more consistently, and erring shorter is better than longer. Some people eyeball it. Some people take a tape and a crayon and mark every cut out. Some people even take a tape and measure every cut. But the easiest way is to cut a small pinky-thick stick the right length; then you go right along the pile with your measuring stick, cutting as you go. Simple, but it saves a ton of time and effort over the course of a day.
Robotbeat 8y ago
Yes, stock options. Also, being able to work on something great and having it succeed. Not only is that its own reward, but it’s also good on the résumé.

manigandham 8y ago

Productivity is about efficiency, not working harder. Getting more done in a normal work-week benefits everyone, and I'm sure all those employees would prefer a company that is in business to continue paying their salaries, bonuses and increasing their stock value.

angersock 8y ago
How does more get done in a normal workweek but by greater exertion of workers? This is literally factory work. Sure, a few of the proposals are aimed at fixing sloppy management...but where do you think the extra cars come from?
- manigandham 8y ago
  As already answered, you get more done by being more efficient with the given effort. It doesn't matter whether it's factory work or CEO level. Increasing productivity usually leads to a decrease in net effort by workers. If you want an example, look at the epitome of production line efficiency that is the Toyota Production System: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Production_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Production_System
- jpindar 8y ago
  If you don't think any factory has processes that can be improved, I'd like to know which factories you've worked at, and are they hiring?
- sowbug 8y ago
  Less rework. Moving shorter distances. Reordering steps to defer work until it can be done more cheaply. Batching similar operations to reduce tool changes. I'm sure there are many more ways. Source: I made this up. I don't work in the auto industry.
- megaman22 8y ago
  Working smarter, not harder. Even in rote, blue-collar work, you can look at your process and figure out inefficiencies that make it harder to do things. Here's a simple example I learned from my dad, cutting firewood, that consistently surprises people. If you're not familiar with cutting firewood, it usually comes tree-length, and you've got to work it down to the length that fits in your stove with a chainsaw. You want it to all be the same length, within an inch or so, so that it stacks more consistently, and erring shorter is better than longer. Some people eyeball it. Some people take a tape and a crayon and mark every cut out. Some people even take a tape and measure every cut. But the easiest way is to cut a small pinky-thick stick the right length; then you go right along the pile with your measuring stick, cutting as you go. Simple, but it saves a ton of time and effort over the course of a day.

Robotbeat 8y ago

Yes, stock options. Also, being able to work on something great and having it succeed. Not only is that its own reward, but it’s also good on the résumé.