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Originally Posted by Michael Hill
Well, unions ARE a huge part of why the auto industry is failing. It's the reason why Delphi went under. Their whole idea revolved around this idea that they could rip up the UAW contract if they went into bankruptcy, so that's exactly what they did. However, Delphi has never been able to pull OUT of bankruptcy.
Unions inherently create an inefficiency in the workforce. If some new guy starts on the factory line, wants to impress his boss, so he works extra hard and pumps out a few more units than most others, he WILL be approached by other union workers and tell him to cut it out.
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That mentality isn't restricted to only unions; at every job I've had so far other employees (even supervisors) have told me to slow down, except if some urgent emergency or a tight deadline looms.
Why? The reason why supervisors have repeatedly told me to slow down can literally be summed up as "inertia". All companies usually know how long it takes to get something done, so managers allocate time accordingly. When I come to them finished with a project revision in a day that they expected to take a week, they kind of get mad, since now they have to take time out of their schedule to find another project for me to work on, or just watch me sit around and play Solitaire/take long lunches/leave early/etc for four days. To still come out ahead, I usually just hand in the work a day or so early; the managers don't seem to mind that as much, and usually take note, which is how I got an unsolicited $2/hr raise at my summer job two weeks after I was hired. ;-)
Yeah, it seems weird, since getting things done quicker
on paper is cheaper for them. But people in general don't seem to like abrupt change (especially if they have to change themselves), and would much rather have everyone else "go with the flow" and "do it like it's always been done"...