eMPLOYEE EMPLOYER RELATIONSHIP

1. :IF WE’ARE NOT FAMILY
WHAT ARE WE?
THE WORKER
EMPLOYER
RELATIONSHIP
DISRUPTED

2. SHOPIFY
“Shopify, like any other for-profit company, is not a
family. The very idea is preposterous. You are born into
a family. You never choose it, and they can’t un-family
you. The dangers of ‘family thinking’ are that it becomes
incredibly hard to let poor performers go. Shopify is a
team, not a family.”

3. In a “work as fashion”
future, employers are in constant motion as
they chase worker sentiments, competitor
actions, and marketplace dynamics. The
worker-employer relationship is
REACTIVE: Employers feel compelled to
respond in the moment to workers’
expressed preferences, and to competitor
moves, without connecting those actions to a
sustainable workforce strategy.
“Work as fashion”

4. “WORK IS WORK”
“work is work” future,workers and employers
view organizational responsibility and personal
and social fulfillment as largely separate
domains.
The worker-employer relationship is
PROFESSIONAL: Each depends on
the other to fulfill work-related needs
, but both expect that workers will find
meaning and purpose largely outside of work.

5. “WAR BETWEEN TALENT”
In a “war between
talent” future, workers compete for limited
jobs
due to an oversupply of talent.
The worker- employer relationship
is IMPERSONAL: Employers view
workers as
interchangeable and easily replaceable, and
workers are more concerned with
competing
with each other for jobs than with the
quality of
their relationship with their employer.

6. PURPOSE UNLEASHED
In a “purpose unleashed” future, purpose is
the dominant force driving the relationship
between workers and employers.
The worker-employer relationship is COMMUNAL:
Both workers and employers see shared purpose as the
foundation of their relationship, viewing it as the most important
tie that binds them together.

7. OBJECTIVES OF THE WORKER – EMPLOYER
RELATIONSHIP DISRUPTED
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• Increase in remote working: In the difficult times of covid where the physical offices are
challenging to access, working remotely is an option which can make work go smoothly.
• Expanded employer role as a safety net: Employers play an important role in safeguarding the
interest of the employees by supporting them.
• Humanization of employees: It is seen that many employers treat the employees as workers
rather than treating them as humans. An approach should be such that the employees should get
respect and support rather than high risk and little or no support.
• Creation of trust and transparency: It is necessary that there is mutual respect and trust between
the employers and employees. Only with the support of each other can the organization grow in
such difficult times.

8. THANK YOU
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