Does your boss make you do more things at work and call it team work?
By tweetbird
@tweetbird (161)
United States
September 6, 2010 11:38pm CST
May years ago when I worked for the airlines in the U.S., our company called us cross-utilized customer service reps. What that means is that if you got the job, they would have you do more than one thing but for the same pay. So, I was a flight attendant, a reservations agent taking phone calls, a gate agent helping people board the planes, a baggage handler/agent and a ticketing agent. All of this was my job and each month I'd be assigned on of the above tasks. This way, by making one person do all these things, the company saved money where otherwise they would have to hire 4-5 people and substantially increase their payroll costs.
My question to you is: do you feel like your company is making you do a lot more tasks for the same pay so your boss(es) save money by not hiring someone else?
What do you think of that?
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@creed30 (127)
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7 Sep 10
Ohh its not a team work, sounds familiar ai work in manufacturing company for 3 years and a functions,duties, responsiblities of 3 persons i work . I hate this kind of set up its a big save for the company this is unfair labor practice. you can undrestand if your company is in the earning much.
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@TrvlArrngr (4045)
• United States
7 Sep 10
this is how it has become in most corporations. As they streamline and eliminate jobs the ones that are left have to don many hats. The alternative is to lose your job in the next round since you are not a team player. I have to do many many jobs that are not in my job description but I need to be employed to pay my mortgage.
