Employee Burnout – Work Slowdowns - Unionization: Pizza is Not the Solution

Pizza isn’t magical to tired employees. But, what is?

When hourly employees have been working overtime for weeks and haven’t seen their families… bringing in free pizza isn’t going to make things OK.

You as a leader need to SHOW with actions that match your words that your people matter most! If you fail at this, then the price you pay may be a steep one.

Don’t act surprised when employees:

– Slow their work to “half-speed” (which doubles your labor costs).
– Quit (which increases your recruiting and training costs).
– Welcome a union with open arms.

Do UNEXPECTED things they’ll appreciate that will make them feel acknowledged and valued. (Hint: Pizza isn’t enough.)

Jason Greer is a labor relations expert and co-author of the book People Matter Most. He weighs in with a few quick thoughts. I wanted to share…

Here’s the link to the full podcast episode…

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/under-the-radar-and-behind-the-scenes-in-labor-relations/id1266736989?i=1000680058658

Here’s the YouTube video of the whole discussion:

https://studio.youtube.com/video/tN_g8cpDiUE/edit

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