It is getting harder to run a business for a profit. We are faced with rising costs, lowered demand etc. Our businesses have to be super effective just to keep up.But:
* How many more benefits are possible?
* Will pay increases increase effectiveness?
* Do more benefits really cause workers to produce more?
Well there is a way to increase productivity without increasing your Overhead.
We deal with doctors every day. And
number one complaint doctors get from their patients is that their job is making them sick. And they aren't far from truth.
No I'm not saying YOU are making them sick. Their work environment is making them sick.
Examples:
1. We had one office where bosses turned off air conditioner at 5PM on Friday. They turned it on Monday at 8AM. All workers were sick until noon on Monday.
That's 10% of work week was spent doing nothing but sitting around complaining.
We asked bosses to leave air handler on over weekend. NOT air conditioning, just fan. This was to keep air moving through HVAC filter. The stuff filter kept out of air was causing workers sinuses to hurt. It was giving everyone a headache.
Under old cost cutting procedure ( turning off HVAC), it was taking till noon for filters to catch up to air quality level it was on Friday at 5PM. When levels did reach that point everyone felt better and work continued.
