Work Reform

I think he got a bad read and people aren't aware of context.

It was a finance meeting. think about how you'd justify why you're spending money on creches doctors and nurses when you're a mining company. It doesnt make sense right surely you'd want explosives and dump truck drivers . So you go to explain it.

• OK so what were trying to do is make work attractive to be here in our offices because we believe that people on-site are more productive

• we have parents who want to work with us but they have commitments outside of work so we realised that we could maybe take away some of the need to service those commitments

• parents have kids and need childcare, so we solved that problem for them by providing a creche

• our staff need to go see doctors or nurses, so we solved that problem for them by providing a clinic

• our staff like to socialise over food and coffee, so we set up restaurants and cafes in the building

• all these things cost money but you know what, it balances out because they're on-site and being productive as a group

• why do we need them on-site - because we believe people to be more productive when they work together. We've said we want you in all day every day, we're trying to make it possible for this to happen.

I know it's about as human as a thrown axe but people are resources. Companies exist because of their people. I actually respect that he's open about this and I can tell you, this approach would appeal to a lot of young families in Perth. It's hard to get childcare and hard to see doctors.