The Company Leaders Implement Numerous Programs To Lower The Costs Associated With Poor Employee Work Performance
Christine is a sixty-three-year-old woman who is the top administrator in the HR department at a large chrome stripping company. In order to help diminish the costs related to increasing absenteeism, poor employee work performance, employee alcohol abuse and alcoholism, work related injuries, and excessive sick days, Christine and the other company executives launched numerous programs that made the work atmosphere substantially more productive, healthy, and safe.
As an illustration, ten years ago Christine and the other members of upper management put into operation an Employee's Assistance Program so that all the employees had access to quality counseling for their personal problems that could unfavorably affect their personal well-being, health, and their work performance.
As another illustration, approximately six-and-a-half years ago Christine and the other company administrators assembled a new exercise and workout room complete with mirrors, exercise charts, many different types of exercise equipment, scales, a professional trainer during business hours, and weights.
As another illustration, approximately a year-and-a-half ago, Christine and the other company leaders instituted a "Weight-Watchers" class that currently meets every Tuesday and Thursday at 4:30 PM until 5:50 PM. Furthermore, the company administrators signed up a weight-loss professional to run the program.
In the last seven months, in a joint venture with the Employee's Assistance Program, Christine and the other VIPs put into operation an "Anger Management" class for employees who want to learn how to better deal with their anger issues.
In the last three-and-a-half months, Christine and the other VIPs started an alcohol and drug testing program that is associated with their drug and alcohol abuse prevention program. In fact, Christine is the primary individual in the company responsible for getting the message out to all the workers about the drug and alcohol abuse prevention program as well as the drug and alcohol testing program.
Another fairly recent enhancement to the drug and alcohol abuse prevention program is a class entitled "Alcohol Statistics and Facts." The reasoning behind this alcohol statistics facts class is that numerous people are unsuccessful in their attempt to recognize the full impact of the results of alcoholism and alcohol abuse without first learning about some of the alcohol abuse and alcohol addiction facts and statistics that are available. As a result, one of the objectives of this class is to provide various alcohol addiction and alcohol abuse statistics and facts in order to help workers gain a better realization of the multitude of issues that are related to abusive and excessive drinking and how they can stop these issues from taking place.
Most recently, Christine and the other members of top management, by way of suggestions from workers, created a class that focuses directly on severe drinking entitled "What is Alcoholism"? This class meets every Tuesday morning an hour before work and focuses principally on the differences between alcohol abuse and alcohol addiction, on some of the key differences between statistics on alcohol abuse and statistics on alcoholism, and on the forms of rehabilitation that are available for people who have alcohol drinking problems such as individuals who drink in an excessive manner.
Even though every one of these preventative maintenance and health programs was anything but low-cost, the company administrators reason that they are many thousands of dollars ahead by providing all of their employees with a safe, more productive, and healthy working situation.
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