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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I'd almost be fine with that, but if you look at the story their actual training was watching a 20 minute film
I did paving for a living for a private company and my orientation was on the job on the first day while I was working. Don't dive into hot asphalt, don't stick your body parts in moving equipment. If you last the week on the shovel crew we might train you to operate machinery.
There's no reason to have a one day or 2 day orientation session for seasonal employees that covers conflict resolution, a motivational speaker, and a 20 minute film.
To me this is a tremendous waste of time and money.
These are things that don't show up in audits because they're effectively hidden costs. They got paid to sit in a gym, I bet they even factored this into productivity reports. I'm glad this woman wrote this story, I'm willing to be there's a lot more in the way of interesting wastes of money.
Another reason why I can't vote for any of the current members, City Hall needs to be gutted and audited independently.
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Like I said, hours of a motivational speaker is ridiculous. To your last point, changing councilors probably won't change much as far as this is concerned. They are seldom if ever involved in daily operations. Things like this most likely come from management.
I'm sure the fact that this is a unionized environment plays some role as well, though never being involved with a union on any level I don't know for sure.
An audit of an the entire operation right down to the seasonal workers seems excessive. I understand your frustration as a taxpayer, but I can't imagine the cost of an audit of that size.