Employee #1: Marketing product manager: Sheexperiences cognitive dissonance every time her boss tells her sheshould not worry about the lower end of the market as “those peopledon’t have much buying power†when the company’s values statementsays that the company values the welfare of everyone everywhere.She is frequently late to work and her boss has given her a warningas result.
Employee #2: Chemist: He is in a highly visiblejob creating new products that creates a lot of stress and works12-hour days. He is loyal but feels depressed by the constant work.He is starting to look at job openings online in his off-hours.
Employee #3: Loading dock manager: Thisrepresentative works the 12am –7am shift. She does what is requiredbut complains in the employee breakroom about the offices and workconditions when she is on break. The other employees tend to agreewith her when she complains. Lately the Distribution Supervisor hasnoted employees’ reduced effort on the shift.
Employee #4: Quality control administrator: Heis the sole Asian in the organization and feels isolated as thoughhe is just a placeholder versus really making a recognizeddifference in the organization. The company promotes itself as adiverse organization, which he knows is not true. He feels as ifeveryone expects him to fail since not many people engage with him,including his boss, on any regular basis.
The four employees have different attitudes and levels of jobsatisfaction.
- Describe the attitudes and job satisfaction of each of the fouremployees.
- Categorize and explain the responses the employees have todissatisfaction based on the Reading.
- Explain how the above attitudes and job satisfaction for eachemployee impacts the organization in terms of profit, employeeturnover, and affecting other employee attitudes.
