Managing Resources There came a time when my employer started hiring more and more people through the temp agency. One of the reasons for this is because there are times when call volume goes up and down this business has a real need to raise and lower staffing levels. It makes good business sense I guess. I mean, you dont have to pay benefits, and you can truly try before you buy, and if you personally don't like someone, you have no problem firing them whenever you like.

But I feel that the use of temporary employees is part of a shift in American management to value the individual workers less. The idea of people as human "resources" as opposed to part of a larger team, or even a loose knit family is more and more foreign. People will quickly say, "but business is all about the bottom line, making money". I used to believe that. I used to believe that capitalism will end up giving everybody a higher standard of living as a result of a successful market economy. I don't anymore.

The bottom line mentality only thinks about profit, and companies will only pay employees the bare minimum they can get away with. If the job market is tight and the employees arent able to find employment elsewhere, the employers have no reason to pay their employees more. A market driven economy only benefits workers like me if our employers have a desire to benefit their employees. If they dont see as purely a human resource.

Look, I'm not a communist. But I don't see this country really looking out for the workers. Housing is too expensive, health care is a joke, and if you are on the low end, you are just stuck. I wish I knew what the answer was.

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