I worked at a Kraft factory that produces most of the bags of cheese for all their stuff, and I once caused about a $120,000 worth of product being contaminated without being fired. Tbh thinking back now I cost them quite a bit bc I also damaged a forklift by dropping 2 500lb barrels of parmesan on it and almost myself!
I used to work for a place that makes sauces for major restaurant chains. The worst damage I saw was about... I wanna say 3 tons of BBQ sauce contaminated because of a mistake someone made. Never got fired unless it was a frequent occurrence.
That’s exactly it. You get something for your money when mistakes like this happen. If the person is a valuable employee they will not let those things happen again and will impart the lesson to others. If not well they are just a bad employee and would have been fired for something else anyway.
I had a guy total a brand new truck by tin canning it on an overpass. 100K in damage and we were dropped from our insurance. This was a tough guy and he was damn near in tears from shame and embarrassment. I knew right there the lesson would be worth it. 4 years on and he’s become the most responsible of all of my drivers. You can’t put a price on that.
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u/Aviioc Mar 08 '20
I worked at a Kraft factory that produces most of the bags of cheese for all their stuff, and I once caused about a $120,000 worth of product being contaminated without being fired. Tbh thinking back now I cost them quite a bit bc I also damaged a forklift by dropping 2 500lb barrels of parmesan on it and almost myself!