There is something wrong with leadership today …and something very wrong with many that aspire to it. I’ve never really used my blog to make a political statement before but permit me an observation if I may…..
My government. It isn’t ruled by Democrats or Republicans….. but by Corporations I think . As example I offer when the CEO of Home Depot was invited to visit the White House. Shortly after that visit the Home Depot donated some million plus dollars to the Republican Party and just as shortly after the import tax on imported Chinese ceiling fans was rescinded. Almost overnight my country no longer had a ceiling fan factory on her shores….nor those employed by one. The Home Depot, being the number one ceiling fan outlet in the nation saved close to double its investment on saved ceiling fan tax that very first year. I can offer other examples using the Democrats if you like…. but this one is close to my heart as I worked at Home Depot.
Home Depot makes no bones about being completely all about stock holder value. It watches the expenditure of every dime and cuts some serious corners and in theory , so it should.
However …. At the outlet I worked we couldn’t get the daily delivery of freight put away on time as the deliveries of freight were well beyond the capabilities of our part time evening freight crew. The need to cut costs prevailed however and so the hours allotted to the allready under staffed freight team were cut. Obviously cutting the hours of the freight team was not going to solve the problem of getting the nightly freight put away so an idea was hatched and sent down by Corporate….. ask the part time personel to volunteer to work extra hours on weekends and put away the freight..
Well as the freight team had just had their work hours cut…. they voluntered. Being part timers they were accepted to come in on weekends to make up for the dimished work hours allotted the freight team during the week. The part that disturbs me most is that those seeking leadership positions in Home Depot…and indirectly our nation…. all completely comprehended the logic of all this..
Can’t find it on the shelf… blame a stock holder
