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Showing posts with label new eyes. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Uneven Unemployment


In my post yesterday, I asked what had changed in the Waste Management company, as a result of  being featured in Undercover Boss, beyond making things better for the people who were chosen by the television show's producers to be in the show.  Larry O’Donnell, the Waste Management COO, directed that actions be taken to improve the situations of those people with whom he worked in the show.  What about other decent, hardworking, under-recognized employees who are struggling to keep their homes?  Are things going to improve for them?

There is a lot that chief officers and high level managers do not see in their companies.  In his column yesterday, in the New York Times, Bob Herbert points out that there is a lot that we all miss about the employment condition of people. Most of all he draws our attention to the fact that our current unemployment rate does not affect us all the same.