I find it interesting that people believe a company "cares about its employees". Even companies that have a good reputation as rated by their employees, would lay-off, fire, implement programs to increase employee productivity, etc, if needed to remain profitable and keep the doors open.
I am not a fan of my current work environment at SF: too many claims (oh, now you know my role!🤫), not able to take time off at anytime without falling seriously behind, continously tasked with additional responsibilities and clicking more and more "buttons" for reports, yada yada yada. It's all true. The work environment at SF is TOUGH. But, so is LIFE. So are a lot of other careers. Do I want change? YES. I think that the "powers that be" are short-sighted in many ways. Have you ever run a company? I haven't, but for some reason believe that dealing with employees would be the hardest part. Not making excuses for The Farm, but can you imagine trying to keep a work-force of 30k+ happy and feeling "cared about"? Having said that, I think there are many many things that COULD help. Tipsord could have spread his bonus among us. I don't pretend to know what his, or any other executives bonuses were ($20M and $30M have been posted in this forum-and yes, I know that I could probably easily look it up).So, for fun, let's assume the higher numer of $30M. $30M ÷ 30,000 employees=
$1000 bonus. Would that make you happy and cared-about? For how long? What would be next on your list to feel "cared" about? Yes, I believe most CEO's are over compensated. Who really NEEDS millions to have a great life? Most employees would think MT was a "swell guy" if he donated his bonus to "his" employees. His wife may be mad at him, though. Is it narcissitic to think one deserves a $30M bonus, or narcissitic to want and/or believe that all if your employees could or should love you?
Okay, enough waxing philosophical here.
I truly hope things change: the work overload, the endless changes, the continous addition of new reports and systems that are slow to create reports, and the apparent ides that all change is good- no matter what. Not going to hold my breath and ki-l myself believing it will.
To all my SF fellow employees who truly put in a hard days work- day after day after day, You are The Best!! Take care of yourselves and your family. Let no man, or Company (and their metrics) take away your confidence and pride in the good job YOU know you do every day.
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Please learn to spell, type, and proofread.
Warren Harding of our modern age. Who? Yeah.
SF is being run like a startup company that was created by incompetent, money hungry business person/people that really don't understand their own business. MT was given the opportunity to lead a 100 year old company that had a good reputation and was a lot less chaotic prior to his appointment as CEO. Has SF ever been perfect? No, and it never will be. Every company has its flaws. MT's biggest mistake was not working with the foundation that was given to him to create improvements to become more effective and efficient in today's society.
I am reminded of a pompous college professor that is out of touch but loves only their own mental model and believes each and every word spoken is brilliant and a gift to humanity
Bring Rust back!
So let's redu the math with accurate numbers.
Bonus is 20 million
Employee count is 55000
Agent count is 20000
External count(yes, they work and deserve credit) is at least 15000
So, we are now down from $1000 to $210
Rust Jr. was better than tipsord. Not sure how that bean counting ambulance chasing lawyer slithered into leadership. Sadly that is part of the Rust Jr. legacy. Oh it's 20 million and posted in the local paper, the pantagraph.
Would love to know what he has contributed to the community over his tenure. Most ceos personallya tenregarded for their investment inthings outside themselves. He has never had a reputation of giving his time and efforts to helping others.
The answer is to respect your employees. It isn't hard. Realize they are humans. Don't expect more than is possible and be grateful and appreciative when they exceed your expectations. Don't play games with their careers. Appreciate that life happens...and sometimes...they will be late for work because they are getting the baby to daycare, got stuck in traffic, helping an aging parent or just dealing with life. Bottom line....BE HUMAN. It isn't about metrics. It isn't about the opportunity to constantly tell them what is wrong. Appreciate them. Recognize that HUMAN resources are HUMAN and can be the most valuable resource you have if you treat them well. People are not asking for the moon. Have empathy for every person's life situation. Seriously listen and encourage all viewpoints.....cause right now...leadership only wants to hear what they want to hear. If you are REALLY honest and transparent...they will show you the door. At some point....the emperor has no clothes!!!