What came first?

I have often times wondered what came first?

The greedy company?

The lazy worker?

This one may never be answered, it really depends on which side of the view you are on. First let us examine the workers view point.

The worker should be compensated according to performance on the job. Plain and simple. When the worker performs the job desired by the company then they should be paid a fair wage compensatory with their work.

Many companies have forgotten to pay their workers or sub-contractors compensatory to the value of the work that is being performed. This in turn leads to a worker mentality of why try harder, why should I give a damn about the company. It creates an us against them environment. No matter what the company trys to do and encourage greater performance in this environment they will not receive such from this type of mentality and relationship. It is much better to find the acceptable profit line between the company and the worker and pay the worker according to their performance. This creates and environment where the worker feels that they are part of the company and not just a number that is being used and abused.

Now the companies side of things:

When a company extends itself to the profitability line for the worker, and the performance falls by the worker. The company then in turn will suffer and bleed on behalf of the lack of performance by the worker or sub-contractor. This in turn creates another we against them mentality, from the company to the worker. Once the company reboots and starts with newer and younger workers they will start them cheaper than the prior group. The company now has entered in the greed zone unknowingly and before long realizes that they can get performance with paying for it. So the process begins and the cycle just continues until eiither the company releases the worker for a cheaper worker, or the worker moves on to a better paying company.

This has been going on for over forty years now, and the MegaCorps have either continued in this practice of replacing older workers with cheaper younger workers, or moving their business operations to other nations to obtain cheaper labor. All the while shipping their widgets back here for us to buy. We could have put a stop to the cycle a long time ago by just not buying these MegaCorps widgets and took our business elsewhere. We don't and sometimes we can't because we ourselves have been caught in the greedmonster cycle and now can only afford the cheapest instead of the best.

What came first? I don't know the answer and probaly never will. I just think that both sides need to view the other as a team instead of how they can use and abuse each other.

MegaCorps!!! Have you not made enough money off the backs of your workers? Do you not think it is time to start repaying those that built you? Are you that afraid of us that you still have to lobby the poopershittens to make laws against us? While you continue to display the attitude towards the working class that built you, I would caution you to remember that without us you would not be able to make any money at all. Just who in the world would build your widgets and haul them to market if and when the workers have had enough? Surely not the poopershittens that you are throwing your money at, they barely can even work, they seem to be the best at twisting words and bickering.

Workers!!! Do you not have any pride in your craft anymore? If you dont like the wage your are receiving then find another gig that will fulfill you. The power to say no and move on is what makes this nation so great. We can choose to bitch about not getting what we want or we can earn what we want. It is totally up to you, I personally would not stick around and work for somebody that did not compensate me for my worth. Remember if you went and got yourself overextended in debt, that is not your companies fault. Clean up your debt and work for a reasonable and profitable rate according to your performance.

I do not want the gooberment to get any more involved in my life than they currently are. i just want them to leave me and all the other small business folks alone. We just want to recapture what is rightfully ours. Freedom with Integrity.