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Originally Posted by red-beard
It takes one to know one! 
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He11 I am the first one to raise my hand and proudly proclaim that I am an idler, loafer, malcontent, shirker and slacker....
Working in a Union the guys like to brag about how little they are doing...since merit isn't a measure of success but seniority rules, working extra hard means nothing.
Which is different than working as an individual where the merit of efficiency and competence rules. Now in the Grocery biz they have Incentives for extra pay...and those former idlers and slackers run like scalded dogs after that carrot.guys that did nothing now are out performing. The only problem is that the company controls the standards of performance. Where over time they have slowly tightened the screws...and believe me they have...
A friend told me that you cant make 20 years anymore, your body will give out. That the guys come in a swill down the Red Bull and pills so that they can run hard all day long to make the extra dinero.
Then you have the politics and corporate culture of the organization to contend with. Being successful in that realm is far more important than merit.
As an aside my friend works for Stater Brothers and has about 35 years in, he had just gotten to be number 29 on the seniority list...The number one guy in seniority was
88 years old and been there for
over 50 years. He does all the OT that they will give him.