Employees are considered expenses to be minimized, not assets to protect
Loyalty is expected from workers but never reciprocated by companies
Automation plans include eliminating your position as soon as possible
Outsourcing strategies prioritize cost reduction over employee welfare
Restructuring decisions are made without considering employee impact
Profit margins always take priority over job security promises
Some people need to level set expectations. I come to work for a paycheck. No other expectations
It should come as no surprise that shareholder returns are the most important consideration, but what is disheartening is the increasingly short-term outlook. We should not be surprised when their long-term compensation horizon is only 3 years. I am increasingly convinced that MW and our other senior managers are planning for the end of oil within a decade, which is why they have focused almost exclusively on low-risk, short-term returns and cost reduction over the last decade, rather than exploration, building staff competency, and major capital investments.
Sounds like redux of the late 1800's...
The one you missed is "Quietly moving away from a safety culture, because More Profit trumps "safe employees"."