Not Layoff related but Job related, it seems in my Business Unit there are a ton of roles where people are severely under qualified. At times when I can get a hold of someone (which is a task in it self) to speak to no one knows answers and it takes at least a week almost every time.
My complaint, and it is an annual complaint for the past 7 years we have learned to live with and accept lost sales and brand confidence. The complaint is ho bad inventory levels are, we are broken in key colors and sizes. It's the same year after year, we lose business when the size runs break. No one is responsible and it's always point fingers at planning, or buy dollars. It's bad. My friends in retail won't understand or maybe even care, it's the same story every year though. We can't get the inventory levels right at all.
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@Gyje+1tzKr4wV they cannot get rid of unskilled workforce because who they will hire then? More than half of the company is married couples, both wives/husbands work in the sane company. Would you expect fairness in such an environment?
When I was still working at adidas as an assistant designer, I had a coworker who was in a higher role, constantly stealing my work, putting their designs off until the very last minute and constantly showing up to reviews with nothing to show. It was the last straw for me when I, who was working my a-s off and told I was the backbone of my team, learned that this person and I both got the same score on our yearly reviews.
I was overachieving and earning half the pay of this person who either couldn’t be bothered to do their job, or just plain couldn’t hack it. Been gone for almost a year now and couldn’t be happier. This company needs to cut all the dead weight but they won’t.
Do you think people care? Some of them are just coasting and happy that at least they have a job. They are aware of the fact that they do not have skills & capabilities and nobody would hire them in the job market. These ones do not stay because they are "loyal" , they stay because they do not have market value. That's why there are so many cliqués and political nonsense in the workplace.
Just another example of how DEI hurts productivity. So many people in Portland just lucky to have a position and they aren’t leaving. Playing that DEI card keeps the mediocre employed.
Many people spend years in the same position without any development or upskilling. Over time, they become less relevant to the market or industry and lack the motivation to upskill in their current roles. This creates a vicious cycle: individuals remain in their positions because they are no longer market-relevant (no one will honestly hire them if they will go to market), leading to stagnation and a lack of improvement or care. This also blocks the path for those who could perform the job better. Company should create the right incentives and motivation to address such situations.
People don’t really work that hard and are rarely in the office, always leaving mid day for personal reasons, so not surprised this is an issue