Monday, September 19, 2011

Another significant reason !

There is another significant reason that the relationship between the workers and the industry is inhumane. That reason is because some workers are not being credited for their hard work. In the book Fast Food Nation, by Eric Schlosser he elaborates on the relationship between fast food workers and the intense labor being put into these companies and the "company policy “careless responses from their managers. He then gives an example and states "The bonus of Taco Bell restaurant managers were tied to their success at cutting labor costs. The managers have devised a number of creative ways to do so. This basically means less money for the workers and more money for the managers. Some ways that workers were subjected to this ill treatment was to work in the restaurant after their shift had already come to an end. Also some were forced to clean the restaurant on their personal time. Therefore managers were not paid to ensure that a fair working environment was in place for their workers; however, paid to manage injustice.


1 comment:

  1. Hi Javed, first of all I like the title, it's very engaging. I think that you linked this blog with you're diagnostic really well. You use very nice quotation. I think you should explain what labor costs are when you speak of the Taco Bell managers and their attitude towards employees. Liked that you explain how the workers are treated badly, I became angry all over again. Good last sentence, but I don't understand why this is inhumane, I just get unjust. I'd like to see how you develop it further. :)

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