jaredwb said:
Not trying to be insulting but every comment you have made leads us to believe that you are just in it for the paycheck and complaining because the company isn't giving you more...why should they? Again, I don't know what you do for a living or who you work for, but all I read is the typical Argentina employee complaining about not getting more money but not doing anything to EARN it.
I was trying to help you understand the point of view of the employee, because that's what the thread was about. How to make them happy. Its not about ideal, alien employees beings beamed down from the space. Its people, working to live and make ends meet.
You are correct to assume that ALL of my ventures are outside of this country as I would NEVER do actual business in Argentina (again). As citygirl said, you are sucked dry by the Government, the Unions, and the employees that once hired can sit back and do nothing cause if you fire them for being useless they sue the company or you have to pay them outrageous amounts of money. But I agree if the company does well then the employees should get a bonus...not necessarily a pay increase (that is based on INDIVIDUAL performance).
Well, that explains a lot. You were talking about companies in other countries. That paid better to their employees and have better rewards for their effort.
Also, I'm far from backing the current government. But if you decide to make business here, you have to adapt, and specially you have to respect the local laws if you dont want to be sued. This means, nothing in negro, and respect all the rights the employees are supposed to have. And nothing in life is free, that cheap labor will come with a lot of strings attached.
I dont know why you talk about outrageus amount of money. If you do everything by the books, if you fire someone during the first 6 months you dont have to pay "Indemnisación". After that, is 1 month salary for every year worked, which is not much. How long do you need to figure out a employee is useless?
And besides...wouldn't you pay much much more in the US if you got sued for not following the law?
Do you work 80 hours per week? You know who does work 80 hours per week?? The business owners.
Not quite. I've worked in several projects that got into forced marchs with over 80 hours per week to hit deadlines. And several expected the team to work for no additional reward, just because it was better for business. Classical phrase: "Es lo que hay".
And if you work for a company, the company goals SHOULD be your goals.
Its not that simple, unless you also own the company.
If you came to the table with that mentality, you would contribute more because you would want to help attain the business goals. You would then get raises to help you with your personal goals, and you would then excel both personally and professionally. Win/Win for you and the company
An employee is NOT the same as a partner. Of course I want to attain business goals for the company, but that wont take higher priority than my personal goals, which includes having a good salary.