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New Zealand has one of the lowest production levels per staff member in the OECD.
After recent events, and a little research I believe I have identified the cause that can be summed up in one sentence.
There is no incentive for an employee to do their job or be honest.
Basically, it is up to the employer to hold their hand even for the most basic tasks. If there are policies relating to things like email, it must have absolutely no area of grey. If the performance of a staff member is unsatisfactory, it is the employer's responsibility to work with that staff member with additional training, counselling and so on.
Why? The person is there to do a job, if they can't do the job, or they are too lazy to do their job, why should they have the job? All this breeds is mediocrity, which has been anecdotally proven with New Zealand's low productivity ratings.
Take for instance a recent case where a woman received $9,000 for being unfairly dismissed over email policy. Three warnings about using email outside policy, and she still won the case! WHO OWNS THE DAMN COMPUTER AND SERVER!
I have begun to realize that here in New Zealand the employer is a second class citizen, and the employee has skewed rights that protect their incompetence, laziness and outright dishonesty to the detriment of the country's economy.
Employment law reminds me of the litigation heavy USA.
"Warning: The contents of this cup is hot, and may cause burns" - on a cup of hot coffee... stupidity...
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| Posted by Karl Rohde on July 13, 2007 at 8:46 am | Business | Trackbacks (0) |
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