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I think there's little sentiment to it and much practicality. He raised the wage, in large part, because he could not retain employees due to the work conditio
by greggyb 7y ago
I think there's little sentiment to it and much practicality.
He raised the wage, in large part, because he could not retain employees due to the work conditions.
- chiefalchemist 7y agoRight. And today, instead, churn is accepted. "Leadership" blames staff for being unmotivated, etc. Put another way, Ford understood that to get what he wanted he'd have to consider the fate and faith of his employees. Do you think that's how Bezos thinks?
- bluGill 7y agoBezos has to mitigate the cost of turnover somehow. You can mitigate it by reducing it (as Ford did), or you can mitigate by having faster training so new hires are productive faster. Both can fail.
- chiefalchemist 7y agoOK. Don't take this the wrong way but let me repeat the statement + question: Put another way, Ford understood that to get what he wanted he'd have to consider the fate and faith of his employees. Do you think that's how Bezos thinks? I think what you're saying is - correct me if I'm wrong - Bezos does __not__ factor in his employees in the way Ford did. p.s. The fact that we even have the term "human resources" tells us a lot, eh.
- bluGill 7y agoRight, Bezos currently doesn't see value in treating his employees well. (or so I'm given to understand - I don't have any knowledge) This can change.