"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
>
> Not indentured servitude, Ed, but people stay in jobs where they're not
> well treated for a variety of reasons. Flight attendants (and pilots)
> often have schedules that let them work a specific schedule that works
> for their family for a decent salary. And then there's all that stuff
> about benefits and tenure before things changed radically. Sure, tell
> them to quit bitching about then, but who likes to be treated badly?
> JMO.

No one want to be treated badly, but if enough of them just up and leave,
management will soon find out just how important good relations are. I
just don't buy the "they treat us like crap but I stay anyway" line. The
good list must outweigh the bad list if they are willing to stay. .

In our company we had a problem with people leaving one department. After a
few complaints and seeing that people did in fact leave, the supervisor was
(reprimanded, given some people skills training and finally) replaced. The
people that left were low skilled, made an OK, but not great wage, but
refused to be treated like crap. We were able to get a couple of them back
but others found better opportunities so good for them.