Aug
29
Stupid Employer Decisions
Filed Under Business |
Employees at the Jim Beam bourbon distillery are being limited to four bathroom breaks per 8 1/2 hour shift, only one of which can be unscheduled. Extra trips to the bathroom can result in reprimands. Workers with six violations can be fired.
When will employers stop this sort of idiocy? The company claims that this had to be put in place “because some workers abused the privilege of unlimited bathroom breaks”. But, of course, fails to explain why the company couldn’t just deal with those employees instead of punishing everyone.
It was as if it was just a spur-of-the-moment, not-thought-through-properly, type of thing either. They actually consulted with a urologist first!
Pity they didn’t consult with someone with any sense, who might have pointed out just how much productive work someone would do in an hour when the only thing on their mind was just how much time was left until their next allowable bathroom visit…
[via b-may]