Uh, obviously the terrible employees ought to be disciplined separately. But not giving good workers the chance to have more hours is ridiculous.
A lot of times, good employees turn terrible because of terrible work conditions. I'm going by my store (Toys R' Us) as an example. After Christmas, a "full time" employee will get 32 hours a week. A veteran employee (one who has been there more than 2 years) will get 20 hours. Everyone else will get between 4 to 16 hours. Every year it's the same thing. No hours because we didn't sell enough, even though we received a record amount of product in our store (we usually get 1 truck a week in dead months, last year there was a minimum of 3 a week, with close to 7 during the lead up to Christmas). Every year the annual raises get cut back because our inventory is terrible, and every year more and more great workers yell at customers/managers because of all the stress they get for working minimum hours for minimum wage.
I know it's not the same everywhere, but I guarantee just about every major retailer/grocery store in Ottawa is in the same boat.
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Thinking Luigi and WAAAA > Pokemon Trainers was dumb, and Pokemon rocks.
In other news, Valve is a pretty f***ing terrible company, let's be honest.