Heidi Ann Shadel | When workers are treated like equipment, damage is already done

Heidi Ann Shadel | When workers are treated like equipment, damage is already done

A quiet but consequential shift has taken hold in modern business: Employees are increasingly discussed — and treated — as if they were equipment. Replaceable. Swappable. Easily written off. The language gives it away. Workers become “headcount.” Jobs become “costs.”…