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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFla. CEO calls Ian a nothingburger, and urged her employees to work through
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/09/28/florida-ceo-postcardmania-hurricane-ian/She told them to work from a car as she herself evacuated. Then she told them they had to work 40 hours this week. As social media outrage worsened, she gave them paid time off. PostcardMania is the name of company. Located in Clearwater.
WarGamer
(12,106 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,303 posts)Doesnt count as much because she only has 300 employees. Im sure thats not what you mean though, so its probably just me having been awake a little tooooo long now, not reading it right.
gldstwmn
(4,575 posts)She is in her car driving away from us and telling us to keep working, one employee told The Post. It just felt wrong. Im going to have to work and youre driving in your SUV, taking off.
Another worker added: There was a huge disconnect between her and her employees. Not everybody lives in a nice place or in a safe place like her.
After Mondays meeting, some employees took to private platforms to vent over Gendusas remarks. Others, though, were so upset that they shared their discontent with other colleagues from their desks.
It wasnt until Tuesday that the company sent a message telling employees that the offices would be closed on Wednesday and Thursday, staffers told The Post. But management said workers must work 40 hours this week. If power went out and they couldnt work Wednesday or Thursday, they must make up their hours before the end of the week, according to some workers. In response to a question about the 40-hour work requirement, the PostcardMania spokeswoman shared Gendusas Wednesday message.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/09/28/florida-ceo-postcardmania-hurricane-ian/?utm_source=instagram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wp_main
People wonder why there are unions? This is why.
2naSalit
(86,061 posts)gopiscrap
(23,674 posts)business is designed to take all it can from you at the mosgt min imal cost to them. On the face of it All business is inheritly evil
jimfields33
(15,473 posts)And they work on a very scary margin.
gldstwmn
(4,575 posts)Link to tweet
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More from the Tampa Bay Times:
The company that Gendusa founded in 1998 has grown to make about $50 million each year and employ 300 people in the Tampa Bay area. PostcardMania has about 73,000 customers in 350 industries and it was ranked 12th among the top midsized companies to work at in Tampa Bay for 2022?s Tampa Bay Times Top Workplaces.
PostcardManias focus on productivity and statistics, even in the face of a natural disaster, is reflective of its use of a business management system tied to Scientology, where Gendusa is a longtime member. While the company discloses its use of the system to employees upfront, describing it as a secular tool or technology created by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, the implications are not always clear to staff until they are inside.
The business tech says even if there are things outside of your control, youre responsible for your work, so you have to do something to fix it, said Amanda Boisen, a former employee who is not a member of Scientology. You can never explain things as being outside your control.
As part of the L. Ron Hubbard management system, PostcardMania employees are required to report statistics related to their productivity each week. A similar system is used by Scientologys full-time workforce, the Sea Org.
Employees are also required to take Scientology courses that the company describes as requirements of the job, according to Jessica Miller, a former employee who is not a parishioner.
https://www.tampabay.com/news/business/2022/09/29/clearwater-ceo-apologizes-after-asking-staff-work-through-hurricane-ian/
Hekate
(90,202 posts)Unbelievable