[Jewelry making - Article 00643] - Re: [Orchid] David Huffman's AJM Magazine Article

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    I love the sound of the way David runs his business.  In the future
    if I am ever in the same position of employing people I would love
    to operate my business in the same way.  I am still young but have
    worked in so many different workplaces (only a couple in the
    jewellery industry) but have always moved on to different jobs as I
    felt unvalued and underpaid as an employee and was given no reason
    by my employer to be loyal. 

    Employers constantly complain about lack of loyalty and motivation
    in their staff members but they are never prepared to pay employees
    any more than they are made to by law (some even operate outside of
    the law).  Also, I have found that employees that are treated like
    children behave like children - such workplaces can be so very
    unhappy and unproductive. 

    My grandfather treated his employees similarly to how David did and
    when hard times struck and he was unable to continue employing all
    his staff fulltime he struck a deal with them to all work 4 day
    weeks so no one was laid off - when the unions came in and told the
    workers that they were being poorly treated and that they should
    strike they stood firmly by my grandfather and said that he had
    never treated them badly and they were involved in the making of the
    decision and were happy with it.  Later when work picked up everyone
    resumed working their 5 day weeks.  My grandfather didn't lose a
    single skilled and experienced staff member and no staff member
    ended up on dole payments.  It was a win win situation. 

R.R. Jackson

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