[augusta]

One business area that takes a lot of a company's fund is staff payment. You can still save money even when you hire and pay your workers. You can cross train them. This is about you training the few staff you have in a variety of tasks or roles. This is about each learning about the other job like almost all of them knowing how to do other tasks.

Each worker should know how to purchase products for the business, being a good sales rep, supervising, operating the different machines availsble etc

This simply means that if a task is available and the main staff isn't around any other staff can carry out the task because they have been trained to undertake other tasks in the company in case the main worker that would have executed the job isn't around

This way the task wouldn't need to be outsource and money is saved. In the same vein a new employee might not be needed or necessary at that point since other workers can complete the task and money is saved

[nela13]

It is basically having employers that can do multitasks. I don't have my own business but it is surely a good way to keep our business running, everyone can do everything, and we can even save because we don't need to hire very qualified employers.

[augusta]

That's the whole essence you don't have to employ so many workers when the old ones can exhibit different skills so money is saved here

[kataomoi]

Great idea for employers. Terrible for employees.

Employees who are cross-trained are expected to do more for the same salary. They're expected to fill in for other employees when they don't show up for work, or when they quit without additional compensation.

[Treborika]

I don't like the idea of being trained at work. This is simply because bosses tend to overwork the workers for the reason being the training that offered you.

[augusta]

But I don't really think it is that bad for workers as they also get to learn different skills but it will save money for the bosses not employing more hands

[kataomoi]

Learning different skills is fine, but remember that people are not at work to learn. They are there to make a living. If you cross train a low level employee to do senior management work without paying them the senior management wage, you're taking advantage of them.

[augusta]

Well the employers are looking to cut cost and save money so they might not look at all of that. But employers on the normal still use workers because a lot of them don't even pay people well.

[kataomoi]

That is why I said your idea is great for employers and terrible for employees. As an employee, being cross-trained and given more responsibilty and work without a pay raise is the worse thing to happen. It's one of the reasons why people quit their jobs.

[Nsikan]

When you have croos trained workers, you might not have to hire part time staff to cover specialized positions as there would always be one staff that can double up.

[Xynehappy]

This way can save the company's money because it's cheaper to work with workers that you trained than hiring experienced and qualified workers.

[Nsikan]

This has the advantage of not reducing productivity even when one particular staff is absent. Work and productivity doesn't get affected.

[Pistis]

Having versatile workers help save cost but the challenge is always about those workers being loyal. They might leave and make the entire process of cross training look very expensive.

[SHAHID987]

In my last company the management were using the same strategy as they were cross train an employee so one worker knows how to mix solution plus he was smart enough in fixing splits of the company.

[Pistis]

In my last company the management were using the same strategy as they were cross train an employee so one worker knows how to mix solution plus he was smart enough in fixing splits of the company.

By splits of the company, do you mean factions. Or did they not care about the welfare of the staff? By the way you sound, seems the result were not palatable.

[Uty Theo]

Staff that are cross trained can function in more than one role. With that arrangement, you achieve two goals without having to pay extra. In one organization, the technical engineer also functions as the media personnel because he was trained by the company. They don't have to hire a media man to cover company events.