Why Are Workers Sometimes Frustrated and Angered When Companies Switch

question 59

Multiple Choice

Why are workers sometimes frustrated and angered when companies switch to assembly line production?

• A) Their health care benefits were cut to maximize profits.
• B) Raises given to workers were not high enough.
• C) The work became unthinking and uncreative.
• D) Micromanagement of employees declined.

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