My nephew inherited a construction company. He was sitting in his two million dollar (in Arkansas) house the other day complaining that when he laid his workers off after a project, they would refuse to come back to work until their unemployment ran out, because the difference in what he was paying and unemployment, plus picking up odd jobs, didn’t make it worth the effort of getting out of bed. It was delaying projects and making problems for him. It had occured to him that paying enough to make it worth their while, even paying when they were laid off, would solve his problems, but he felt like that would be rewarding them for defying him and encourage more of the same.
My nephew inherited a construction company. He was sitting in his two million dollar (in Arkansas) house the other day complaining that when he laid his workers off after a project, they would refuse to come back to work until their unemployment ran out, because the difference in what he was paying and unemployment, plus picking up odd jobs, didn’t make it worth the effort of getting out of bed. It was delaying projects and making problems for him. It had occured to him that paying enough to make it worth their while, even paying when they were laid off, would solve his problems, but he felt like that would be rewarding them for defying him and encourage more of the same.