Unfortunately, there is a bit of a tendency to view people as a "renewable resource" -- that they will always 'bounce back' no matter how you treat them. As the Declaration of Independence says "accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed".
I talk with some of my old cohorts at Lockheed Martin (division under Linda Gooden) and unlike 2007, no one leaves early on Friday anymore, casual overtime is required. And on vacation, forget vacation, there is more work to be done. I know quite a few people are losing vacation time now. Oh also, causal Friday is gone as well.
Interesting. I applied for some jobs with them, but I rather think that unless I know someone there's no chance for it. (I'm a programmer, looking to use Ada, which they use there and isn't exactly a common point on programmer's resumes; but got the brush off.)
Definitely see that with my job. We are simply parts to be plugged in where-ever and a lot of times, we don’t fit and training helps us fit but training is not given. It is given to our overseas counterparts but not us folks here in the US.
> Unfortunately, there is a bit of a tendency to view people as a “renewable resource” — that they will always ‘bounce back’ no matter how you treat them.