BUT why in the world would these HLA staff members accept that BS? If the pay remains the same and you are having to do three different jobs, why the hell would you do it? It is A JOKE. Kees de Vente is listed on HLA's website as the Spiritual Coordinator and yet they have him trying to reconstruct these children's final transcripts that have left HLA. The transcripts are coming signed by Kees de Vente and under his name it says Assistant Director of Academics. How does being a minister give you the qualifications of being Assistant Director of Academics?
I wouldn’t be too concerned its fairly common now a days, we can thank our Japanese friends. Companies like Toyota, Sony and Nippon steel started this trend of efficiency back in the 1960’s and that is why they kicked our butts in the 1980’s and continue to do so in almost any industry. If you ever call and ask for the “Quality Manager” for example you will never hear “He is not in today”. Instead you will be transferred to the person above or below him who will address himself as the “Quality Manager”. The Japanese instituted
“cross training” which allowed the company to move along efficiently if someone left the company or called in sick.
They train each employee to learn the job above them and below them so people can be moved, if needed, more easily. They don’t pay you anymore in salary if you do your bosses job for a period of time but at the same time they don’t reduce your pay if you move one step lower also. So it works out over time. Of course it works out better for the company than it does for the employees (I am sure that doesn’t surprise anyone) and allows the businesses to keep their head count lower, thereby reducing their salary base. Many midsized companies are starting to integrate this system themselves in the US.
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