Nucor Steel. High tech and highly engaged employees driven by compensation heavily based on meeting production goals keeps employees highly motivated to stay engaged.
I worked there as a temp in college when they would shut down the mill for 2 weeks for maintenance. On one of these, a billet melted in a reheat furnace, throwing off the schedule and threatening the ability to get back to rolling steel. As soon as the temperature in the furnace dropped below 150F they wrapped us up in heavy clothing, made wooden soles for our boots so the rubber wouldn't melt and sent us in with jackhammers to overhaul the furnace. They were very determined on meeting goals.
The employees got crazy good bonuses that at times exceeded their base salaries, all dependent on shipping steel.
"However, if they are late to work they lose their bonus for the day. And if they miss a day of work during the week they lose their bonus for the entire week."
Sounds like a recipe for the (alleged) effects of the medieval justice system.[1]
[1] The punishment for murder is death. The punishment for stealing a chicken is death. Get caught stealing a chicken? Try to kill everyone who has ever offended you.
I worked there as a temp in college when they would shut down the mill for 2 weeks for maintenance. On one of these, a billet melted in a reheat furnace, throwing off the schedule and threatening the ability to get back to rolling steel. As soon as the temperature in the furnace dropped below 150F they wrapped us up in heavy clothing, made wooden soles for our boots so the rubber wouldn't melt and sent us in with jackhammers to overhaul the furnace. They were very determined on meeting goals.
The employees got crazy good bonuses that at times exceeded their base salaries, all dependent on shipping steel.
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