A Degree for Meter Readers Question 1: Should there be a minimum education requirement for the meter reader job? Discuss. Yes. There should be a minimum education requirement for the meter reader job.
Even though the tasks required in meter reading are relatively simple but Judy had been having considerable difficulty keeping the 37 meter reader position filled. It is true that the commitment shown to obtain educational qualifications, such as a high school diploma, may reflect the superior character work and job applicants.However its seem such an unrealistic job qualification, to change the education requirement for the meter reader job from a high school diploma to a college degree. Its means the applicants need to have a degree before they can apply for the meter reader jobs. Furthermore, even the task in meter reading are simple but for a person without a high school diploma or a college degree may have problems in reading numbers and letters, and thus would be unsuitable for the position of meter readers, so that’s why we need to have a minimum education requirement.
Having a minimum qualification of a high school diploma seems reasonable, unless there is a training program that could screen individuals for the ability to master the basic functions of the job. Question 2: What is your opinion of Sam’s effort to upgrade the people in the organization? I agree with Sam’s opinion to upgrade the people in the organization but Sam’s method to change the job specification, a degree for meter readers is such an unrealistic job qualification and I don’t agree with that method.However, simply because certain basic educational requirements are needed to perform the functions of a particular job does not automatically mean that more is better. Sam’s vague sense of higher education making better for meter readers job seems to be more supported by the feelings and the desire to improve the image of the company, from a policy that will increase accuracy. Furthermore, the pay was $8 per hour, which was high for unskilled work in the area. If we change the job specification calling for a college degree the pay also should increase.
Judy protested about changing the education requirement for the meter reader job from a high school diploma to a college degree because Judy do not want to hire the wrong person for the job. In this situation, college graduates get paid only to do such basis tasks, they don’t have the chances to shows more skills, ability and knowledge that they have learned. If that happen, only people in the company have been upgrade but not the performance of the company. Improving on-the-job training and streamlining the standard procedure may be a more effective way to achieve the company's objectives.Question 3: What legal ramifications, if any, should Sam have considered? The legal ramification that Sam should have considered are the blaming discrimination that future candidate may raise, they can say that there are employees that doing the same job but with no college degree. Inequality in the workplace is any form of bias or discrimination that takes place in a work environment and is established, promoted, or allowed to persist by the workplace authority.
It is common for a workplace to have inequalities based on gender, race, and social class.There is usually a hierarchy that exists in the workplace in which managers, leaders and executives are paid higher wages and have more authority and prestige than those below them. Another point is that if Sam decides to fire the employees that have no college degree, he can also have legal ramification and get the organization in lawsuit problems. Despite the anti-discrimination legislative measures taken, discrimination in the workplace is still a prevalent issue.More recently, groups have claimed reverse discrimination: as employers strive to reach affirmative action minority quota goals, majority group members may receive unfair treatment as a result.
The employee regulates employer practices regardless of minority or majority status. Skill-Based technical Change, as this shift in production and employment trends is called, favors the skilled worker over the unskilled worker and has been occasioned by the development of increasingly complex technologies, which both require more training of employees and, in some instances, can replace unskilled workers.The combination of increased specialization and digitalization and the outsourcing of jobs for unskilled workers have led to an increased need among employees to invest in greater technical and intellectual skills building. This, however, proves difficult for those of low socioeconomic status, which has been shown to limit education, and, by extension, income and occupation.
