A TikTok has gone viral
showing a person
folding jeans
with a snap of his hands.
Retail workers
have supported it.
Some claim
to be able
to do the same thing
with dress shirts.
A quick service restaurant worker
talked about
how she could wrap two burgers
at the same time,
holding one in each hand.
There is NO unskilled labor.
Every job has
tricks to learn
and skills to obtain
to do it well.
Remember that
when you’re deciding
on wages
and interacting
with employees.
It is tempting
to reward employees
today
with an end of shift
gathering
– drinks or food
or something similar.
Resist that urge.
Employees have been
working long hours.
They’re tired.
They want to go home
to sleep
and/or spend time
with their loved ones.
A better thank you
would be to send them
home
with a small gift
– maybe a sleep mask
and soothing foot cream
or
a board game
they could play
with their families
or
a mug
with a hot chocolate mix.
An after hours
work event
isn’t a reward
when we’ve been working
long hours.
Reward employees
in another way.