Why Bosses are NOT creating jobs.

The Anglo Saxon idea of the boss being just another cog in the wheel,neither more nor less important than the manual or office workers; the "we're all in this together so lets be friends and make this business work" logic DOES NOT EXIST IN Spain today. In fact it has never existed. The exact opposite is the norm here. Bosses DO NOT TRUST their workforces. They are convinced that their workers are innately lazy and untrustworthy and that the only one who worries about the future of the company is himself. They will do all that they can to avoid giving anyone a permanent contract as this could mean that one day he will have to pay compensation if he ever wishes to close or sell the business, or, have to make that worker redundant. It's the old "us and them" sindrome which was rife in British industries for so many years with disastrous results in both production and balance sheets. For this reason it is difficult to find a genuinely LOYAL worker. Why should he be loyal if the boss thinks he's a waster? this vicious circle exists in all types of businesses be they service or manufacturing and is a pattern repeated throughout the entire country.
Unfortunately, bad bosses are counterplaced by poor and in many cases useless trade union officials, too many of whom pay lip service to the principles of sindicalysed workers, while their real motivation is not to fight for the working class but to enjoy the "escape" from the daily routine to partake in "union affairs" while being paid full whack for the job that they are not doing during those hours. Don't be fooled. Spanish Trades unions defend themselves, not the workers who pay their dues.
To understand the present reluctance to create jobs, we don't need to look too far into the past. When the government of Felipe Gonzalez started to agonise on a bed of corruption charges, the bosses, scenting a change of government and knowing that the incoming Popular Party would pass legislation which would enable them to dismiss workers more cheaply and employ workers on "junk" contracts, giving workers no rights whatsoever, made the actual situation even worse by NOT employing people. ( Why employ workers today with a contract which would defend them, if ,by waiting a few months ,they would be able to employ and dismiss workers at no cost whatsoever?) The result was ,of course, Populars take office and bingo, thousands of jobs are suddenly available. What brilliant politicians these of the right wing.! ! It's a miracle!. In fact, and as they continue to prove, right wing politicians are just as ineffective and incompetent as their left wing counterparts.
At this moment in time, the "crisis" or economic recession as I prefer to call it, (see my last entry) is once more helping bosses to formulate their strategy. They are convinced that it will cause the downfall of Z,P's government and are playing the same "farole" over again. During the rule of the P.S.O.E. the workers have gained rights and lost jobs. The opposite will be true if the unscrupulous managerial class has its way once more. More jobs. Less rights, Free dismissal. No wonder neither side trusts the other.