Shop staff usually idle

[neku]

Many shops have few customers, due to which the staff is usually idle. Should the shop owner give give some additional work to the staff to utilise their free time?

 

[gwolf666]

Yes, shop owners should assign additional tasks to staff during idle times. This improves productivity and keeps employees engaged. Tasks like cleaning, organizing inventory, updating records, or learning new skills can help the business in the long run. Instead of wasting time, staff can contribute to overall improvement, creating a more efficient and motivated work environment. This also prepares the team for busier periods.

 

[Fidelia]

As far as the staff is working within the job description that he or she was employed to perform, no need to make the staff do more work because he or she seems idle. That's sadistic.

 

[King Belieal]

Speaking from the point of view of once being staff myself, I think it is unfair to give more work to staff that is doing just what he or she was primarily employed to do.

 

[Min George]

I am certain that there are times of the day that the staff is always extremely busy. Maybe the times you go there are off peak hours.

 

[eLdavis]

At the end of the day, it's not really their fault that there is no customers, it would only make sense to give them more task as long as it is part of their job description.

 

[magnus2022]

Many shops have few customers, due to which the staff is usually idle. Should the shop owner give give some additional work to the staff to utilise their free time?

It is wrong to make a staff do more than his or her job simply because he is idling away time. That's satanic!

 

[Starmix]

The staff will only focus on his or her job description, unless in the contact, it is stated there to have other work during their vacant time like dusting the shelves.