Again, I watched another show that sparked some inspiration in me for another hippy blog...

The show - Undercover Boss.  I love this show.  It's about CEO's going undercover and experiencing what it's like to be one of his/her workers by posing as a realty show participant/contestant looking at the jobs of different industries. 

This particular episode inspired me.  He was co-owner of the Cubs (inherited the job through family connections), and went undercover and did tasks like cleaning bathrooms, vending hot dogs, and working the score board.  His goal was to look for ways to increase sales and overall efficiency.  He went on to meet employees, and discovered their hard ships, and the similarities they had between them.  Through meeting them, and trying out the positions they had, he further realized the importance of these people, and the struggles they go through. 

But what really got me was that, he was fired from his janitorial and hot dog vending position after not being able to keep up with the extremely fast pace environment, or meet quota.  Both managers said that they would not hire him, because he wasn't good enough.  Which makes me think... what is the value of hard work.

It's common knowledge that all positions are important.  Without the working class, corporations simply cannot exist.  There needs to be people on the production and business side.  But what makes one job more valuable than others?  How can someone who didn't have to work to get his job (him being related to the previous owner guaranteed him this position), get paid extremely more than those who struggle everyday at jobs the co-owner can't do?  They're all important... one couldn't make money without the other.  So why is there such a pay and benefit difference?   Keep in mind... the co-owner couldn't even complete the most entry level positions... had he not been the son of one rich son of a bitch, he too would have to resort to those types of jobs.

"Everyone has a chance to get rich" is what some would say.  But it's not really true... some people have greater chances, and others have greater obstacles.  Not everyone wants to be a business man... nor can everyone BE one...  the production, sales, and janitorial jobs are essential.... there needs to be people who don't go off to university, just like there needs to be people who do.  So what determines the value of one position compared to another? If they're both important... if they are both very much needed... why is there such a gap?   Why are people who can do jobs that the CEO's can't on the low end of priority? 

I'm calling for democracy in the workplace.... CEO's should appreciate their workers as not only an essential part of what makes them wealthy, but for the work they do.  A CEO should be more obligated to treat their workers with respect... and that means putting a stop to the pattern of resorting to taking away from their workers in order to fix problems in their company's profit margins, sales, and production.   Far too often the working class is treated as the disposable, easy way out.  Instead of affecting quality, production, or sales, CEO's will often put that suffering on the essential, but mistreated working class.  It's wrong... without workers there is no production, sales, or quality...