Temporary Workers

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The paper discusses that, while there is always a certain amount of turnover in a job that pays relatively poorly and involves a lot of hard physical labor, there are a number of steps that Reed could take to lessen his turnover rate. The author points out that a common flaw of managers is to believe that people should simply be happy to have a job of any sort and not to be too particular about its rewards. The paper suggests many benefits that would help retain the temporary workers, such as that base pay should be supplemented by an increase of $.25 per hour for every 40 hours the temporary employee works, which would give those temporary workers some incentive to stay.

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"The company should provide the steel-toed boots that the workers are required to wear. There will of course be a cost to the company in doing this, but it will be relatively small (since there are only a few temporary workers at a time) and the company can spread the cost over time as more workers (with different-sized feet!) are hired. It is not reasonable to ask temporary workers to buy expensive shoes that they cannot wear in any other situation and since these are a requirement by the company, they should be provided by the company."

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