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Staff member is “obsessed†with company, is he being exploited?
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A while ago I used to work on the backdock of a major supermarket, and had a colleague in my team who was basically obsessed with the company. Now I'm not a psychologist, but I wouldn't be surprised if he had some kind of mental condition. Nonetheless he worked quite hard (because he loved the company so much) and still socialised with the other team members.
To put it into perspective about what I mean when I say he was "obsessed," he has stickers of the supermarket logo on his bag, he bought toy trucks in the company livery and played with them. He constantly talked about the company too, among other things.
Problem
This was a low level minimum wage position, in a team of about 5 people. This particular employee would frequently work overtime for no extra pay (Bear in mind, no one would ask him, he'd just do it). The managers generally didn't say anything about this as they are essentially getting free labour.
If any other employee were to do this, they'd expect some sort of promotion after a while, otherwise they would leave. However, this employee was never promoted or given a pay rise because management knew that he would work that hard regardless. So he stayed on minimum wage while other team members got raises or promotions.
For everyone else, you'd start on minimum wage, and if your good they'll slowly increase your pay to make you stay.
Question
Did the management of this company act unethically in this situation? As far as I know nothing they did is illegal, but could be interpreted as exploitation.
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Background
A while ago I used to work on the backdock of a major supermarket, and had a colleague in my team who was basically obsessed with the company. Now I'm not a psychologist, but I wouldn't be surprised if he had some kind of mental condition. Nonetheless he worked quite hard (because he loved the company so much) and still socialised with the other team members.
To put it into perspective about what I mean when I say he was "obsessed," he has stickers of the supermarket logo on his bag, he bought toy trucks in the company livery and played with them. He constantly talked about the company too, among other things.
Problem
This was a low level minimum wage position, in a team of about 5 people. This particular employee would frequently work overtime for no extra pay (Bear in mind, no one would ask him, he'd just do it). The managers generally didn't say anything about this as they are essentially getting free labour.
If any other employee were to do this, they'd expect some sort of promotion after a while, otherwise they would leave. However, this employee was never promoted or given a pay rise because management knew that he would work that hard regardless. So he stayed on minimum wage while other team members got raises or promotions.
For everyone else, you'd start on minimum wage, and if your good they'll slowly increase your pay to make you stay.
Question
Did the management of this company act unethically in this situation? As far as I know nothing they did is illegal, but could be interpreted as exploitation.
management australia mental-health
asked 3 mins ago
protango
348
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Background
A while ago I used to work on the backdock of a major supermarket, and had a colleague in my team who was basically obsessed with the company. Now I'm not a psychologist, but I wouldn't be surprised if he had some kind of mental condition. Nonetheless he worked quite hard (because he loved the company so much) and still socialised with the other team members.
To put it into perspective about what I mean when I say he was "obsessed," he has stickers of the supermarket logo on his bag, he bought toy trucks in the company livery and played with them. He constantly talked about the company too, among other things.
Problem
This was a low level minimum wage position, in a team of about 5 people. This particular employee would frequently work overtime for no extra pay (Bear in mind, no one would ask him, he'd just do it). The managers generally didn't say anything about this as they are essentially getting free labour.
If any other employee were to do this, they'd expect some sort of promotion after a while, otherwise they would leave. However, this employee was never promoted or given a pay rise because management knew that he would work that hard regardless. So he stayed on minimum wage while other team members got raises or promotions.
For everyone else, you'd start on minimum wage, and if your good they'll slowly increase your pay to make you stay.
Question
Did the management of this company act unethically in this situation? As far as I know nothing they did is illegal, but could be interpreted as exploitation.
management australia mental-health
asked 3 mins ago
protango
348
Background
A while ago I used to work on the backdock of a major supermarket, and had a colleague in my team who was basically obsessed with the company. Now I'm not a psychologist, but I wouldn't be surprised if he had some kind of mental condition. Nonetheless he worked quite hard (because he loved the company so much) and still socialised with the other team members.
To put it into perspective about what I mean when I say he was "obsessed," he has stickers of the supermarket logo on his bag, he bought toy trucks in the company livery and played with them. He constantly talked about the company too, among other things.
Problem
This was a low level minimum wage position, in a team of about 5 people. This particular employee would frequently work overtime for no extra pay (Bear in mind, no one would ask him, he'd just do it). The managers generally didn't say anything about this as they are essentially getting free labour.
If any other employee were to do this, they'd expect some sort of promotion after a while, otherwise they would leave. However, this employee was never promoted or given a pay rise because management knew that he would work that hard regardless. So he stayed on minimum wage while other team members got raises or promotions.
For everyone else, you'd start on minimum wage, and if your good they'll slowly increase your pay to make you stay.
Question
Did the management of this company act unethically in this situation? As far as I know nothing they did is illegal, but could be interpreted as exploitation.
management australia mental-health
management australia mental-health
asked 3 mins ago
protango
348
asked 3 mins ago
protango
348
asked 3 mins ago
protango
348
asked 3 mins ago
protango
348
asked 3 mins ago
protango
348
348
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