Of all the jobs I’ve worked in, most seem to
have scattered organization when it comes to essential items like shipping supplies or other office supplies. Normally, this doesn’t cause any sort of
disarray among the employees or some sort of other catastrophe for the business
itself. But there’s just something to be said about the business at large if
small and simple things like having a dedicated area for basic supplies is too
hard to do.
It’s kind of like how your house tells a lot
about you as a person. If it’s always messy, you’re probably the same type of
person in any given scenario: scattered, unorganized, uncaring. Well, wouldn’t
you agree that a business that has their supplies scattered around in different
places doesn’t have their place in order?
This kind of disheveled take on organization
unveils a lack of caring that can mean worse things for the company as a whole.
If a manager doesn’t care too much about having to pay for another pair of
scissors, they probably see it all as expendable. “Don’t worry, we can get
another pair” is probably the worst phrase to utter in this scenario, too,
considering it shows complete lack of care for the business’s expenses at
large.
From my experience, though, the good companies
(i.e., successful companies) have a dedicated space (usually a closet or
cabinet) for their office and shipping supplies. This alludes to a larger sense
of order and accountability than the other stores I’ve been a part of. Walk in
closets are the absolute best space for these sorts of supplies, too, because
you can make it sort of a warehouse of supplies that can last the entire year
or longer, meaning you aren’t waiting around for something to be shipped to you
or a worker to go pick up materials. Instead, it’s all available in the closet,
and you only really need to do large orders of supplies once or twice in any
given year.
For something as simple as supplies to be so
hard to nail down for companies is a mystery to me. It honestly astounds me
that the time of day isn’t given to everyday items that find use in many
situations. If those can’t be handled, the bigger ticket items like company
cars, building utilities, and warehouses are almost certainly out of whack,
too. It’s always the minutiae that paint a bigger picture of everything else
going on.
