Do You Really Want to Hire Factory Workers?
By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter
When you look at most jobs, there are very few that exceed the work expectations of early 20th century factory workers.
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Frankly, the subject for today, “do you really hire factory workers,” comes out of a couple of different avenues that are all coalescing around this one subject. It reminded me of how, when I was a kid growing up, and in the school systems in the United States, we’ve learned about the industrial revolution in England. In the industrial revolution in England, they moved from the mills to the factories, and they did the same thing repetitively over and over again. Then, we got to the assembly line story and how people would put the same screw in the same hole and tighten it. It was terrible to hear about this.
Now, we’re in modern times, we’re doing modern work. And when I look at what people are doing, it isn’t much different than factory work. You know, it’s modern, you’re sitting at a desk; you’re not on your feet all day, but still, it’s little more than factory work. You are a modern factory worker.
For those of you who are hiring, the question comes down to do you really want to hire mindless individuals to do repetitive tasks or do you want the best staff? Do you want to bring on people who you can incent, who will be inspired to do great stuff, or do you really want them to just shut up and do what they’re told? Be honest with them, especially if you’re talking to younger individuals.
Stop the lies. There’s so many firms that do this talk about, “Hi, we want to hire smart people, and we’ve got a great career path for them . . . but they neglect to mention it’s going to take them 20 years, five years, 10 years to move up at all. In the meantime, you do the modern version of putting a screw with the hole and tightening it.
Folks, if you want people who can do boring repetitive tasks over over again, be honest with them. Tell them that’s what you want them to do. There are people who are very willing to do that. But there are also people with minds who don’t want them numbed. They don’t want to be dulled out. I speak from the standpoint of managing people. In managing people, you want to keep them inspired.
How can you engage with them. How can you bring “the fun into the fundamentals of their work day,” How can you get them excited without going out there and doing one of these speeches that translates into, “Do a great job! It will make me look good!” That’s not going to do it for them.
Again, what’s going to inspire them? What will help them move along and keep their mind engaged so they’re not bored to tears. Once you can figure that out, you can inspire your people to great stuff, move on to other groups, hire other people and more importantly, move yourself up as well!
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Yep…i was in a job that encouraged pushing back when needed with other departments or even customers. But pushing back within the department or to your manager was not seen as a good thing. I dont miss that environment at all.
Be a good lacky and do what we tell you to do and, for heavens sake, don’t think for yourself!