| There is a bit of thunder on the horizon as companies | | | | the present period. |
| cut their workforce and you can expect restaurants, | | | | You can imagine the staffing problems this causes |
| retail and entertainment industries to be hit as hard as | | | | when employees do not show up for work. In a retail |
| small businesses, manufacturing, airlines and the | | | | environment it severely effects same store sales and |
| financial sector. | | | | produces shoplifting opportunities for criminals. |
| It is a "Chain Saw AL" moment indeed and the | | | | Human Resource personnel must deal with this, still |
| corporate horror movie is unfolding as we speak. Jobs, | | | | many human resource personnel are millennials |
| Jobs, Jobs say the 2008 Presidential Candidates and | | | | themselves and seem to relate with tardy or no-show |
| yet, "will the results of this election change anything?" | | | | employees. Nevertheless, your company must be |
| ask Wall Street Labor Sector Analysts. | | | | tough and consistent in your policies. |
| Still, some ask how many of these people that have | | | | Employees must show up and they must show up on |
| jobs, especially the millennial generation, that actually | | | | time, otherwise you are not really running a business. If |
| deserve them. Did you know it's quite common for | | | | your company allows this behavior, other employees |
| millennial generation employees to not show up for | | | | will follow and you will lose control and discipline. |
| work at all? | | | | This will affect your sales, loss prevention statistics, |
| It's true, and yet no baby boomer would ever expect | | | | customer service, stock price and brand name. So, |
| to keep their job if they showed up late each day or | | | | wise up human resource and make your policies |
| skipped work (played hooky) on a regular basis, but | | | | consistent and strict when it comes to poor |
| that was a different time, a past period, today, it is | | | | attendance or employees showing up late for work. |
| more common than anyone could have expected in | | | | |