That might just be what is wrong with US business.<br /><br />1. My employer pays me well. I see the other (vacation) as a "benefit", not a right. MY customers come first. That's why I am employed-no other reason.<br /><br />2. I you cannot be counted on, you can be replaced. That's business. Foreign corp's. (especially oriental corp's) do NOT see our need for "vacation/personal" time as an asset.<br /><br />3. The US "made it", in the world, by being the best. NOT by being the most unproductive.<br /><br />4. This is a "world" economy now. Comply, or suffer. But, don't whine.
OK, and we'll GET NOTHING done.<br /><br />Europeans are suffering from "inexcellence".<br /><br />-Mercedes-Benz (Daimler) is suffering from not being able to get anything done and they are suffering from their loss, as a so called "world leader", in quality and engineering excellence. They (MB/DCX) have lost the moniker as "quality leader". Look it up.<br /><br />-Nissan-French owned. Leaves all of their engineering and marketing to the oriental side.<br /><br />-Lexus (Toyota) wants NOTHING to do with with Europe, other than their money, for products sold.<br /><br />-Saab, aircraft is defunct. GM is propping up car production-for now.<br /><br />-Airbus, aircraft sales are down-quality issues. Boeing is making headway. Three cheers!<br /><br />Just some examples. <br /><br />Europe is going through a "negative" birth rate. It seems that european "policies" are against pro-creation and their labor laws are too restrictive for survival of many companies.<br /><br />That's NOT where I want to be.<br /><br />American's have been known as the most: ingenious, productive, and smartest employee base in the world. We're losing it, BIG TIME.<br /><br />When I die, I'll know, I gave my all, for what I believed in. That philosophy has been VERY good to me. I do not accept "mediocrity".
<br /><br />I don't recall going a single day without doing some work in the last few years...even when I'm camping the cell phone's ringing.<br /><br />Then again, my frequent business trips are kind of a vacation, since it's always to sunny Costa Mesa. <br /><br />In high school I had a math teacher that had worked there for like 30 years. He never was absent and apparently teachers get to save their sick days forever. He said he had enough days saved up to take off 1.5 years with full pay, benefits, etc. My company can, but not as well, function without me. I'm in the CUSTOMER SREVICE end. My customers buy from me because I am a top performer and a REAL customer service agent. My customers are # 1. They are are my life blood. If we lose that premise, we get what what we sowed. Don't complain.<br /><br />Your Asian counterparts will outperform you, thus get your customers business. They don't think, like we do.<br /><br />I'm in the hunt for my own business. I have the drive and knowledge. Trouble is, if you've ever looked into it, the government throws every roadblock imaginable, in your way. So much for free enterprise.<br /><br />I will NOT be beaten, especially by this government.
DJ,<br /> I could have worded that particular portion of my post better. <br /><br /> I elected to forfeit over 2 weeks of vacataion a year due to my notion that the company would suffer if I was not there to attend to any issues that could arise. <br /> Also when I did take vacation I was required carry my company cell phone and check in daily. So I guess if you look at it my only real time off was weekends (if we werent working) and holidays. BTW I stand by the latter portion of that statment. <br /><br />As for customer service, many a time have I been in a car, or on plane hours after receiving a call from a customer experiencing issues with our product. So I do understand customer service.
