Who counts their blessings?

[KyLimbwalker]

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You may not be the "official spokesperson" for Asplundh, but I hope that is not their take of the topic.


In conclusion, large companies can implement change and set high standards, period --They have the capital to do it.



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I'm not a spokesman for Asplundh at all, I'm not even a fan. My point was that large companies that have existed for so long have an inertia. I believe Asplundh has been around longer than Starbucks, and maybe UPS too. Asplundh does the amount of training that they have to do to stay competitive in their industry. Not to sound crass, but what else matters? A corporation's ethics are usually defined by regulation or public relations. Unless Asplundh realizes a benefit (PR) or will incur a penalty (regulations), I'm sure that they will keep chugging along as they have been.

PS How do you know that just because a company is large that they have the capital to implement change and set high standards?

 

[Fred_Berkelhammer]

Maybe they could borrow some money, put it in the "training and safety" column, then pay back the loan from some of the eventual savings in the "insurance premiums" and "Workers Comp" columns.

But KY is right, big companies have cultural inertia, an aversion to change (defined as any departure from what has made them successful to begin with). Some overcome it, some don't.

 

[pancake]

Too bad Asplundh isn't buzzin. We could hear it from the horses mouth. Probalayyy in espanol if we wanted!