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Hi,
I am reloating my warehouse to a brand new building where are processes will be a more Lean Culture. I thought of a nba, nfl draft for the warehouse employees which management loves the idea fo
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Team Building Activity
posted at 5/19/2011 11:29 AM EDT
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Kimmers you response was interpreted by me as unprofessional. If you want help then you need to provide sufficient information to give you an appropriate response.
Otherwise we might be inclined to suggest a pool party or pinata contest as both seem about equal to what you offer without an explanation. Not knowing what you are trying to accomplish and how you expect to do that with an NFL/NBA draft won't help you. Do what you will. I am certain that anything in or out of context will meet your needs. |
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Team Building Activity
posted at 5/19/2011 11:30 AM EDT
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First: 9/14/2005 Last: 5/23/2011 |
@deltac FOOD IS GREAT! We alaways have food. Thats a given with my office staff. My workforce is not happy with this move at all. They are rather pissed off so I have countless issues to work on. My office staff is not union but warehouse is. |
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Team Building Activity
posted at 5/19/2011 11:33 AM EDT
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The fact that they are union further reduces any value added from these so called team building exercises. They could easily accuse you of a ULP because you are bribing them. I'd stick with your office staff and let the union have its own party...but thats just me. I also don't believe HR should do party's. Leave that to their respective managers. |
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Team Building Activity
posted at 5/19/2011 11:36 AM EDT
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@ HRPro If you find me unprofessional, again that was not my intent and I cannot control others interpretations. The best solution for you is to ignore me. I just sinply asked for resources. I just didn't feel I need to give chapter & verse to something I already know about. I gave you a snapshot and perhaps I could have given more but all I wanted was resourcss and ideas. As I said before, at the end of the day no one will loose sleep with this subject therefore I say lets move on. |
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Team Building Activity
posted at 5/20/2011 7:50 AM EDT
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Unfortunately, the snapshot you gave is not enough information to provide you any more than you already have. With the information provided, we as HR professionals try to give you our point of view. And that honestly, it might be that we don't understand how your activity will be team building or that we've tried it and it didn't have the impact we thought it would because our original goal was wrong or we were trying to solve the wrong problem.
Without knowing what the current problem(s) are and what your end goal is, it is hard to give good solutions. You seem to know, but havent' really told us except that it deals with moving the company's location. To me, it would be better to consider things like schedules/flex hours/transportation needs/carpooling/etc -- especially if the distance to work greatly increased for some/all workers and if that was one of the issues. I've been through 3 moves (none unionized though) and each time, it has been helpful to put together a map of where the closest things are (restauarants, grocery, post office, banks, etc)....places employees would normally go before/after work or during lunch/breaks. There was always some tension about who would be placed where....who would get office space, who would have cubicle space and who would just have a standing spot in the warehouse. Some of those things are just what they are. No party or team building is going to change them. Do you currently cross train on any positions? (especially office - /> warehouse) Or is that not allowed due to union/safety issues? Just my thoughts on this day....The posters on this board do their best to be helpful and no one is getting paid to do so. We've all needed help and hopefully are willing to return that help when we can -- even if that help comes in constructive criticism. Because personally I would rather an HR peer tell me my idea was bad than my boss! |
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Team Building Activity
posted at 5/23/2011 6:58 AM EDT
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First: 9/27/2004 Last: 9/13/2011 |
I don't know what your budget is, but maybe a tour bus through the new neighborhood with some kind of progressive lunch or dinner might be fun.
As far as morale is concerned, I do sympathize, but it's been my experience that people move on to a "new normal" fairly quickly, much more than we give them credit for. I am an old warehouse manager myself and we moved our warehouse four times in five years - it was within the same complex, but it was still disruptive because each time we moved it was to a less optimal space. One thing I learned from that experience is that people will adapt to all kinds of situations. |
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Team Building Activity
posted at 5/23/2011 8:16 AM EDT
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Thanks Deltac, good idea. The move is hard for the employees because this is going to a 100 mile round trip for most of them. Plus, they are going to do their job completely different a more lean concept. Communication & work productivity as we get ready to move is an issue also. We will get through it. |
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Team Building Activity
posted at 5/23/2011 9:14 AM EDT
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How about a gasoline "adjustment" for the significant extra distance and the higher price of petrol (up 30% in one year)? I am guessing that these are, in general, lower paid workers and this is a major additional expense for them. In fact they are taking a paycut.
Can you offer to assist them with establishing car pooling? vanpooling? I understand this was not part of your original question but this would go a long way to building loyalty and team comaraderie. |
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Team Building Activity
posted at 5/23/2011 1:27 PM EDT
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I am glad you brought that up howard7, I started to respond but my sympathy pains brought me to my knees when I read about the additional 100 mile commute.
People are unable to sell their homes in this market. If my company relocated 50 miles away I would probably have to donate my house to charity just so I could relocate because there is no way I could sell it and I would not be able to keep up payments and afford the extra gas. The only other option I would have is to quit. Some other benefits might be to allow some flexibility in scheduling like a 4 day work week or the option to work off-site once a week. |
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