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Good Advice for Younger Employees from Albert Crenshaw
By JLP | May 28, 2006
Albert Crenshaw offers up some pretty good advice in his final Washington Post column before he retires. I pretty much agree with everything he says except for the part about how great unions are. My wife has been in management with a company that had a union and she said they were the most lazy group of people she had ever worked with. Regardless, his article is still pretty good.
I want to wish Mr. Crenshaw happy and successful retirement. I will miss his column. Who knows, maybe he’ll start a blog.
Topics: Financial Planning, Relationship Finance, Retirement Planning | 4 Comments »
May 28th, 2006 at 9:41 pm
The fact that some lazy people joined a union does not mean union members are lazy. The ones your wife worked with may have been, but you can’t assume that they all are.
May 28th, 2006 at 9:51 pm
BD,
Fair enough. But I do think that unions as a whole make the work environment too much of a safe haven for employees, giving them less incentive to strive to do a good job. Some unions make it virtually impossible to fire someone.
May 29th, 2006 at 12:59 pm
Collective bargaining is a two way street. The company gets trained individuals and the union provides protection for employees. Unions typically form when a company is taking advantage of its employees.
June 17th, 2006 at 11:44 am
Unions are aweful and a relic of the coal mine age where mistreatment could mean death. They are pseudo communist as all union members must be treated alike despite skill level. America was founded on meritocracy and those opposing it (UAW of US auto for example) are finding out once again that communist policies don’t work. Add to it low growth opportunities and globalization and it’s a bad idea to join one today.