Another edition of Who would have thought it!
SUrprisingly, if you maximise your business efficiency by treating staff as temporary entities to be put to work only when there is work, or rather your algorithm tells you that there will be work, the staff can't handle it and take days off because their real life outside work gets in the way!
http://equitablegrowth.org/news/pitfalls-just-time-scheduling/
Research indicates that unstable schedules lead to high annual turnover, possibly because a worker quits or doesn’t show up to work because they can’t balance their work and life schedules. Companies, therefore, must invest in increased re-hiring and training costs, and may suffer from poor customer service because, as Williams says, “new employees do not have a strong grasp of the product and a high level commitment to the organization.”
Investing in company profit and employee well-being may not be a zero sum situation. Instead, providing scheduling stability to workers may allow them to realize their full economic potential.
Anyone with half a brain will of course already know this. But companies still refuse to follow the evidence.
http://equitablegrowth.org/news/pitfalls-just-time-scheduling/
Research indicates that unstable schedules lead to high annual turnover, possibly because a worker quits or doesn’t show up to work because they can’t balance their work and life schedules. Companies, therefore, must invest in increased re-hiring and training costs, and may suffer from poor customer service because, as Williams says, “new employees do not have a strong grasp of the product and a high level commitment to the organization.”
Investing in company profit and employee well-being may not be a zero sum situation. Instead, providing scheduling stability to workers may allow them to realize their full economic potential.
Anyone with half a brain will of course already know this. But companies still refuse to follow the evidence.