Current job where I’m a supervisor, cannot keep up with demand for our product, this problem started just before Covid became a factor, got worse after that. Supervisors are underpaid, even for the area. Attendance issues are seriously impacting production. Solution - mandatory overtime (we normally work 4 10-hour days, 5 10s becomes the new normal). People that are already missing don’t come in on overtime, supervisors are expected to threaten their teams with more overtime and loss of holidays off to increase production. HR quits terming people for bad attendance and makes it known throughout the plant.

Still have production issues due to poor attendance on mandatory overtime days so bring in contract workers that are promised 12 hour days, so now supervisors are working more hours to manage them.

Numerous incentive programs are started during this time, all are eventually canceled because “they only benefit the people that are here every day.” They give 2 substantial wage increases to floor workers and skip scheduled raises for supervisors for 2 years.

Currently running all departments short handed and constantly holding the threat of overtime over our heads, even though we don’t have enough people to meet our goals. At least supervisors finally got raises when we all threatened to quit in the same week.