Learning Reflections

There are so many different decisions that people can choose if their employer has the options. For the larger companies it is very important to have many options for their employees because it is a good selling feature to recruit the best talent. If benefits are 30% of total compensation then I would want to get the best benefits that benefited me and my family. It is really neat that some companies offer on-site health care and they have an on-site fitness center that offers instructor classes and personal trainers. Health is very important to the employees and also to the employers. Companies want their employees in the best health so they are efficient in their production and healthy employees don't cost as much with medical expenses. Companies need to have well-being programs that use physical fitness and healthy eating practices that influence their employees to change bad habits to healthy habits.

Unions are an interesting topic. When we did the mock trial in class it was interesting to see what everyone did. I think that unions are pretty much useless now but they might have a couple of uses. I feel like they are just their to take money from the workers. Cooperation on both sides of the line would benefit everyone but it seems like the employees have more power than they need. Companies should have a lot of the say on what goes on, but there should be compromise on both sides. That is why a good HR management would be able to replace a union.