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I used to work in the supply chain industry, and this kind of thing has existed in warehouses for decades under the name "engineered labor standards". The armba
by CurtHagenlocher 14y ago
I used to work in the supply chain industry, and this kind of thing has existed in warehouses for decades under the name "engineered labor standards". The armband aspect is just the latest incarnation of it.
One of our customers had come up with an interesting incentive program: you were given "eight hours" of work and could go home whenever it was done. Many of the time-saving tricks that the employees came up with would have been frowned on by OSHA.
- jiggy2011 14y agoI suppose the problem here that management realizes that the "8 hours" of work are being done by most employees in 6. They then add an extra 2 hours of work to make the new "8 hours". Thus incentivising the workers to come up with gradually more and more dangerous ways to save time if they want to go home early. And the workers who stick to H&S guidelines have to stay for 10+ hours.