Bree’s Bakery started in 2021. Currently, they have 40 employees in their Midwest facility. The company, founded by Chef Bree, was started with the following mission and vision statements:Mission: We are the area’s premier bakery.Vision statement: We provide our customers with an unparalleled product and experience.The human resources function has been outsourced until recently when they hired you as the new HR Director. You have looked at their metrics and determined that their turnover rate is high, even for the industry. You start investigating to see what might be happening. You look at the wages, which appear to be standard for the area, although there are no other benefits except for 10 days of paid time off (PTO) per year. The website looks like a template for a simple website you determine to be boring, with little or no information, except a list of their bakery items, pricing, address, cell number, a way to prepay online, and a few reviews. You realize the prices are very high. The clientele is mostly wealthy private clients and employers who use the bakery items for meetings with their clients.Curious, you then go to the database to look at the statements made by employees who answered an exit survey as to why they left the company. They all stated in various ways that the company fell short of the founder’s vision. You get to work to determine the following:
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