If this was true, wouldn't your generation be to blame? Can it also be true capitalism wasn't taught correctly and that the free market will always even out the playing field? On top of all that, your generation (not sure if you're gen x or a boomer) or your parent's generation was in charge and mostly still is in charge of this country and bailed out multiple giant corporations. This is no longer capitalism as much as it is corporations dictating our laws. You know as of right now you cannot go after the restaurants locally for changing the system of pay because local business controls local political campaign funds. They have also brainwashed the servers to hate the customers that can or won't tip the way they want. They also don't believe that being courteous is their job because the wages are too low, so why try?
Quietly quitting makes sense. It's not half-assing if they do the job in which is was asked to do so. To do anymore outside of that well-being underappreciated and underpaid is absurd. It's like when a department loses three people, the company bags the rest of that money and will hire 2 people for half the other employee's salary. Then when you ask for a raise for doing more work, they say well, ill give you a pizza party...
I was an auto service manager for years and won't go back to it simply because too many people think they get to decide what their job description is. I have fired too many people to count and more quit because I asked them to do their job correctly.
Those are all fair points. Its the ones that do their job and watch the "poopty" employees get praised for finally doing well. Those who get no repercussions for showing up late to punch their clock but you who does it more than regularly have to anxiously explain that one time it happens and they're running behind. For instance, I used to take shifts and show up around to check if they needed help, I worked and repped the company at events but didn't get paid. I once had to leave cause a friend of mine called freaking out cause she thought someone gave her a drug at a party on Halloween, and I asked to leave we had 45 minutes left for closing, and they docked my evals for it. umm, there are a couple of other instances, too, but I can completely understand the side of them dictating, etc. But it's being asked to do the job of 3 people after firing 2, and when asked for a raise or some compensation for all the extra work outside your job description and being told sorry, it's not in the budget. Like yo your saving x amount cause you refuse to hire someone. Like tens of thousands of dollars, and id be happy with a 3-5% raise. In many jobs, there is no incentive to do well. Again this doesn't apply to every job. Like my job now, I am very happy. They treat me well and fairly. They're worth going out of the way for because, in many cases, they allow me a lot of flexibility within reason.
I agree on the no incentive stuff. When it towards the end of my tenure at the old job, I was managing 2-3 divisions a day AND was back turning wrenches with no pay differential.
You just described the Railroad to a T, and also described the very scenario that made my decision to retire early so easy.....
