
Team Work as well as having a great leader or having a great interaction with your team can mean EVERYTHING, am I right?
Us humans, we spend most of our day at our job more than our homes, so this is why having a great work environment that supports you and where you feel comfortable is not just good for your health but also for your mood.
Take a look at these HR Cases that will show you what NOT to do
- Amazon: Is morale a part of productivity?
Amazon was recently criticized for warehouses and working conditions that have been based on metrics to squeeze every second of worker productivity and embarrass those who don’t have the same productivity.
This made employees morale low and unhappy with their everyday job that was just focused on numbers more than the person itself.
Lesson learned: Human capital is not only a set of numbers but also a “whole”, with the formation of smaller work teams and direct communication the commitment of workers can be increased by understanding their needs and measuring the “commitment” in a more specific context towards the company’s objectives.
2. Kraft Heinz Company: Money is not everything
Last year, Kraft Heinz Company lowered its stock rating by around 30%, according to Robert Moskow, an analyst at Credit Suisse Group AG since 2011, the company was in excellent financial condition, however, it began to show signs of bureaucracy, working environment too large and too slow, as the years went by in 2017, a conclusion was reached: the culture of the company is a key risk factor. “corporate leaders don’t truly respect or care about their employees. They only care about making money off of them.”
This was evident with the company’s reputation for reducing costs rather than investment: in new products or in people, who also refused to publish their turnover rate that year.
Lesson learned: Invest in people, eliminate bad actors and promote good people, don’t stay in the status quo when the world is changing so fast!
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkotter/2018/04/19/kraft-heinzs-culture-crisis/#10eb4ded250d
3. Kmart: Not the best recipe for HR
One of the biggest store chains in America may not have the best recipe in terms of HR, after analyzing Glassdoor comments you’ll find commons, such as low pay, long hours, and out of touch management.
This reflected on customer service, where yelling managers and low morale cashiers didn’t go well that as a result had operators acting defensively and customers having a bad experience at Kmart.
Lesson Learned: See the root of the problem, unhappy employees and a bad work environment can cost up to $15,000 each time an employee leaves.
This is why HR should always be updated with what’s happening in their work environment, and act if it’s needed, thanks to technology there are many ways to track this situation that can help enterprises to not fall in this loop, but always remember: we are all humans not just robots.
