Let's hire all these new techs off the street. This will help even out the work load so we aren't so far behind (that's what we were told). But then, instead of helping to ease the work load, we'll just add more to the quota and expect the new hires, a week on their own, to keep up with a 25-30 yr senior tech.
Let's push to work more and more orders....remember, we are a growth company now! So let's make everyone work 6-7 days a week, even when times are slow.....need more completed orders to drive our numbers up for investors that have no faith in us. Oh yeah......let's make the work days 10-12 hrs, but we'll make sure managers go home at 5 everyday.
And to thank everybody for such long days, weeks, and all the other BS we want you to do now, we'll post "OUR" parties and happenings, just to rub it in some more, while you sorry tech's deal with the irate customers and everything else that the top of the chain screws up.
So keep wondering about your Christmas parties all you want. Us techs will continue to be looked over and screwed just like every other year. No thanks for a year of hard work, no Christmas lunch/dinner/whatever, no bonus...even if it was a gift card to Wally World. And if there is anything, it's last minute, and it's only if a local manager feels bad enough to take what techs are working that day (since a lot will be be out for end of year vacation) and aren't loaded to heavy. Workforce of 20+ but with vacations and workload, they might take 5-6 to lunch.
Just another way for WS to show how much they care about those in the field. If you don't sit behind a desk (exec's, managers, call centers, etc...) then who cares.
Excellent post by @WBjYnuj-7zim . He painted a good picture of how techs are treated.