Lack of Empathy in Corporate America

When I look around at where I am, I think about where we are as a country. I can't help but think this because our mentality has changed. We've moved from the unity we had after 9/11 to a division that will sink us.

Corporations don't care for their employees. They're trying to take away their bargaining rights, eliminate their healthcare and make them work less hours. Their reasoning is, "It will save them money." Meanwhile these same corporations are making record profits. The executives are getting bonuses that are greater than the wealth of some countries and their reasoning is, "We deserve it because we run the business."

But, they don't really do they?

Here's why I think they don't.

• Limiting bargaining rights takes away a safety net for the employees, which in turn will make them less likely to enjoy their job and reducing productivity.
• Eliminating their healthcare will cause them financial problems, which will lead to higher overall healthcare costs.
• Making them work less hours will cause them financial burdens which will cause the economy as a whole to suffer, if people don't have money they can't buy things. 

Lets look at that last bit more:

The average wage in the U.S. is $42K (Social Security Administration).

Two kids average $12k a year. Mortgage/Rent of $1k. One car which is $446 a month on average for the U.S. times 12 month is $5520 for a year. You're left with a few hundred dollars. Which won't pay for healthcare, gas, utilities, other medical bills that may come up or if they have more than two kids, which some do.

This is only for a single parent, which most workers are.


The people under the company exectuives run the business, they just oversee it. Some of them haven't done the grunt work of working on an assembly line, dealing with angry customers, creating a work schedule or walked a work floor and stood on their feet during an eight hour shift.

They say they don't need to do these things, yet the companies whose executives are close to their employees...i.e. Google, Apple or Yahoo. These companies make great profits and their employees are more satisfied.

So, here's the question I leave you with. Why are companies so disconnected from their employees, and why does it seem they don't care?