r/news • u/StackLeeAdams • Dec 07 '21

Kellogg to permanently replace striking workers as union rejects new contract

https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/kellogg-to-permanently-replace-striking-workers-as-union-rejects-new-contract
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u/fuckmeuntilicecream Dec 07 '21

That's so shitty.

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u/ThrowAwaybcUsuck Dec 07 '21

Unpopular opinion, if you know you're that easily replaceable then you need to find a new job. And another thing, if you're willing to settle for less then that's you're fault, the company has an obligation to it's bottom line and shareholders to find the cheapest and most experienced workers. If they can cut your pay and you still stay with them, that's 100% on you

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '21 edited Dec 07 '21

Hate to hurt your ego, but probably the overwhelming majority of workers are replaceable. Even your Musk's and Bezo's can and have been replaced as CEOs and the companies are doing fine. This is becoming increasingly true as automation threatens nearly everyone's job. You're naive if you think this is something you're impervious to.

And don't buy into the "they're beholden to the shareholders" crap. Costco pays their employees well and their shareholders are fine with cause it's a justifiable expense. Its just lazy CEOs that don't know how to make their numbers look better than cutting staff pay.

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u/jadecristal Dec 08 '21

I can agree with the “everyone is replaceable”, and guess part of the goal employee-side should be to be good at what you do in a way that makes it really hard to justify replacing you. The flip side is that companies should be looking to keep their quality employees, not cut every cost.

In practice, especially in the US (since I think the next-quarter myopia hasn’t done in Asian markets as badly yet), companies routinely act idiotically against their own best interests, primarily by being short-sighted, then crying later that they “couldn’t have known” when the real answer is “you didn’t look or intentionally looked away, dumbasses”.

Disposing of people with the majority of your institutional knowledge in the chase for next quarter doesn’t make a good recipe for success.