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Well, the point of a union is that management actually has a very bad sense for what employees want, so employees can't rely on management to meet their needs.
by RC_ITR 4y ago
Well, the point of a union is that management actually has a very bad sense for what employees want, so employees can't rely on management to meet their needs.
Like in this metaphor, sit/stand desks are a visible 'we care about you' move that cost $500/head one time. Meanwhile, the dental plan sucks and management ignores it because only a small subset of the employees notice and even then, it's only periodically.
So from that point of view, HR probably just said "well, based on the union negotiations, they don't seem to care about the desks, might as well shelve it and put the money to use elsewhere."
OP is the one adding the color about 'saving it for the next negotiation'
- bearmode 4y agoThe point of a union is that management don't care what the employees want/need.
- RC_ITR 4y ago>don't care what the employees want/need. Do you really think it's malice and not ignorance? Like, sure there's some bad apples, but you really think management thinks 'there's no marginal benefit whatsoever to having better working conditions than our peers?' Keep in mind, this article is about retail workers at Apple
- bearmode 4y agoNot malice, rather sacrificing employee wellbeing in the name of profit and growth. There is a reason we needed unions to fight for us to have weekends off, a minimum wage, paid holidays, maternity and paternity rights, sickness provision, and more.