American business long ago gave up on demanding that prospective employees be honest and hardworking. It has even stopped hoping for employees who are educated enough that they can tell the difference between the men's room and the women's room without having little pictures on the doors.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The author criticizes businesses for lowering standards for employee honesty and basic skills.
- In plain terms
- Companies stopped expecting employees to be honest or even know basic things.
- What can you take from it?
- Lowering expectations leads to lower workforce quality.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What standards are too low?
- How do we hire better?
Another view
Not all industries have lowered standards to this extent.
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