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Not Really Breaking News: Emloyers Are Assholes

Oct 29, 2009

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A few weeks ago, I received a press release titled, Recession Causing Perception Disconnect Between Employers and their Workforce According to New Study from Monster.com and Human Capital Institute.

There is a dramatic difference in how employers and workers are experiencing the recession — and the study shows that employers are vastly overrating the morale of their employees. If you can believe it, 84 percent of those companies surveyed indicated a belief that their workforce is content to simply to have a job.

I’m not good at math, but those 84% of employers can suck it. Hard.

Corporate arrogance isn’t unique to this recession, but I do applaud Monster and HCI for bringing awareness to the gap in perception between the workforce and its employers. As the economy improves and the chances of a publicly funded healthcare option becomes realistic, workers will move from hapless chumps to empowered consumers of work.

If I were a business owner, I would start asking, “What happens to the 84% of companies who take their workforce for granted?”

The answer? They can go f

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