Productivity

Productivity

Turn off the lights on your way out

and lock the doors

You're no longer needed here anymore

and the things you did can go undone

we decided you weren't needed in the long run

The role you filled will sit empty

another empty chair at the meeting

The meeting room is not as full as it used to be

but surprisingly we haven't lost any productivity

I saw a news story a few weeks ago concerning job creation in the current recession. Even though orders are up and production is up, job creation has basically stayed stagnant. It just goes to show that in yesterday's world, companies needed to hire more people to get the same amount of stuff done by less people today. Companies were just bloated with a lot of dead weight. And now that they've cut the dead weight, they can be just as productive without having to hire more staff. Perhaps the current staff is being overworked or perhaps efficiencies have just been improved. Who knows and who is willing to admit that they were inefficient in the past or are currently over working their employees because they are too scared to hire more staff? It's lose-lose to admit one or the other. Peace out.