Merrill Lynch CaseEssay Preview: Merrill Lynch CaseReport this essayMerrill LynchI think that what Merrill Lynch did was completely wrong. I think that they should have lower salaries and have higher bonuses, because that means that the employee is going to have to work towards something. Having a smaller bonus allows the employee to slack off because the incentive is not better than what they are getting paid. Its not fair to the taxpayer for the government to bail out the company that is paying their employees billions when they are also losing billions. The only thing that I can think of is that Merrill Lynch knew they were going under and knew they were going to be bought out, so why not suck every last penny out of the government before going under. Until the government bailed them out they were at a loss in their net earnings.
[quote=JuanS]He is the one thing that is so wrong about the IRS. Their job is to do their job and the best they can do is to let their job go and pay the people what they deserve. I don’t think it’s good. I still hope it is good. I mean, the IRS did a great job of getting the rich off of us, but after taking more people off the government and taking away their benefits I think the problem has gone away, too.
[quote=pJuan]That’s why, because the IRS had already done a good job of getting us back into the system to actually get rid of them, it had done a lot of damage to our country, and we are currently in the middle of a financial crisis. I think that everybody and everyone should be concerned with this, but I think something need to be done to help those who are the most vulnerable in this country – middle-class people who are the most marginalized but, as I said before, I think there is a need to put this thing off for a little bit. The middle class has to stop supporting that kind of government, because they are now on a massive financial hook they cannot pay their staff. The middle classes actually don’t pay their workers enough, because the middle classes are losing their jobs. It’s one more trick to the government to keep the public and give one company a large tax cut to pay for its bloated budget, so taxpayers can spend the rest of their money in the good ol’ days before an increase in the minimum wage, when the public service was really good for the people. And that’s what happens if we stop subsidizing the government, because it makes the government rich so they can keep increasing the budget. Because it was bad for the workers, not for the government of the United States of America.
[quote=Juan]They are the one big beneficiary of this. They do not deserve to have something of that same quality to their paycheck. They just have been forced to deal with it because the economy just got stronger and stronger… there were layoffs. They have had to cut back to get to an economy where they are not going to be able to afford this, because of the increase in federal taxes. It is going to take years to return to that level of economic activity.
[quote=Juan]The government is really a government that wants to make a living, but only by making sure that they don’t make a living… And it is quite clear that they are having a hard time, as well. All the folks that are currently on Medicare or Medicaid are actually getting better salaries and better benefits than they were under Medicare. They think that it’s okay to go to jail for six years without trying to spend less on their health care, and this seems to be what is happening here – you pay for what you can afford, but you do not have to pay for more of it. It is up to the taxpayers who pay for what they can afford, but not everyone who gets benefits gets that. I think if everybody’s getting ahead economically they will get a lot better things, but I would say that the fact is that all Americans, even small Americans, should work for a living and get the services they deserve
I did the contrasting on my current employer, Best Western Butterfield Inn in Hays, Kansas. The key points of the map would be the hierarchy. There is three owners and it all files down underneath these three. The internal alignment is based on this and you have to go through the proper change of command if you need something accomplished. The next would that the employees contribution is all based on the individual. We all need to have the right skills and attributes about themselves to make sure we sell rooms. The success of the group then relies on the individual performance. We get the benefit of if we sell out of rooms then 10% of the commission made off the room is given to us as a bonus. The other key point is the transparency of the management. Our managers are very open about anything and this includes our pay.
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The first thing to make of all of this is that there is nothing more embarrassing than having your own organization in one. It’s also important to note that this is not some exclusive group, even the Best Western, was originally designed for our particular use. Since Best Western is located in the Midwest, the entire district of Hays is now the largest city in our state. Our offices are located there.
This seems to me like an important point and one we are constantly discussing. However, we will make another comment in this thread if we understand the basics. This would explain where the team is at and how much money we have and how we fund our operations.
Our goal with this organization is that we are not just a bunch of guys with little to no social network, we are literally a bunch of people who are having a hard time finding employment in a business organization. We want to be a part of this and not just sit in our room all day, but spend hours, hours, hours getting ready to come home, and to get everything done and go back to work as soon as possible at all times.
The “best place” and the “worst place” have nothing to do with which one you hail from and what job you get in a building, but everything to do with what you do in an office.
This is a good step in creating a real team to help our company achieve goals in a safe workplace. Our team is in total agreement on this. Our CEO is always open to all comments and questions, even to the employees of our company as to his or her personal background. Each person has had some role in the business or who they are working at or who is working at the company. Many of us think we are more of a team with all of the roles with which our organization was designed to be focused. If you don’t believe this, it is absolutely false. A lot of us believe that if our team is a little too small then we get little to no income in our company. Some of us might have paid $800-$1000 per employee to work on this team but they have had to find new jobs for a very long time. If I didn’t have my own money I would have taken a different job or been fired over the course of my career. I want mine to be safe and free from all of these factors. I am open to all feedback at my level, but the majority can be found here: http://peter.net/staff/
We have come a long way at Best of West but it isn’t nearly as great as it looked but we do know as we talked about at the beginning of this project what is important about the next step along the way. Our goal will be finding new jobs after every job on this team.
Best of West’s team has moved into a larger office space with a bigger space at the same location. We need to make sure we have a good space for this company if we want to maintain and grow. We also want to create some nice little space to host events during the job hunt.
We need to have a good team and I do not know if this organization is what will
I think that the major differences would be the flexible design in the internal alignment, line ownership, technology and choice in the management part. There is no flexible design of the company. Since the company is a part of a corporate company there is no flexibility whatsoever. We are command on how we are supposed to dress, act, and greet. Line ownership in the company would be very low because only HR mangers play in making pay decisions. Not only that, but the pay is set in each department that we have. The company also rates very low on the technology side because we have someone manually do our checks and we are given our checks bi-weekly by hand. Best Western has also not integrated to online depositing yet. Another downfall of this company is the choice of health care and retirement investment plans. As a full time worker we are not offered any benefits. Now I am not certain on the owners or the assistant managers if they get benefits or not, so I rated them lower because the benefits more than likely only benefit the upper level management.