| reply to Harddrive
Re: And that's what happens in Big Business. Unions stick to seniority because it is the only non- gameable measure. I would like to hear a defended argument that there is a direct negative correlation between seniority and "productivity". Full disclosure, I am a Verizon FIOS tech in RI. I have seen the company define productivity in many ways in my almost 10 years here.Through all that time, I have seen talented and hard working people have low "productivity" because it is the nature of their work. An example would be the cable repair techs whose work takes a lot of time, as in sectionalize & locate trouble, get police detail, pump & purge manhole enter & open splice case and do the actual repair.Are they less productive than the business installer who identifies and connects 10 lines at a terminal in an hour? I submit that the ratio of "productive" to " non-productive" employees has remained constant through the ages,and any other measure would hand an advantage to those who are connected or can game the measurement. That injustices result from seniority is not in dispute; the question is what fair system do you propose to replace it with. |
