Demolition and construction companies claim that their workers are their greatest asset. So explain this.
A company will spend hundreds of thousands of pounds on a new excavator. Over the next few years, they will lavish that machine with the finest fuels and lubricants money can buy. The machine might only be in the fleet for four or five years, but during that time it will be inspected, maintained, cleaned and polished. Because machinery is sacred. Fuel is critical. Maintenance is mandatory.
Now consider the operator in the cab. Over the course of his or her career, they will cost as much as that excavator. And they will potentially stick around for 20 or 30 years. Yet they are fuelled by whatever they can grab on the go. A cold pasty. A Greggs sausage roll. A supermarket meal deal if there’s time. Washed down with a lukewarm energy drink or instant coffee from a flask older than they are.
We treat our machines like royalty. And we treat our people like dustbins.
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