Workplaces may hurt for managers as well as skilled labor
You may already know to expect a skilled labor crisis in your workplace as older workers retire and fewer younger people are attracted to manufacturing.
Now there’s word of a manager shortage as well.
This news may cause some to cheer, but if you’re hurting for managers, here are quick notes on what’s behind this trend.
Reasons that qualified workers resist becoming managers include:
- Increased stress
- Handling disgruntled employees
- Increased paperwork
- Having to lay off or fire employees
Aspects of managing cited as attractive include:
- Sharing knowledge and experience with others
- Being responsible for the success of an organization
- Being able to influence decisions
The people behind the study urge companies to take steps to reinforce the value of managers.
In other words, take on “The Office.” Whew.
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Earlier posts about The Skilled Worker Crisis:
A crisis crying out for New Pig’s help?
Industry faces an engineering crisis too?!
Best analysis yet of the looming skilled labor crisis
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