We started dissecting it using the SWOT analysis. After all input was noted on a flipchart, I finally understood that the word employee to them was almost illusory. To be an employee is to be considered successful. is, despite the fact that many are only plantation laborers working 7 hours a day from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., including a 1-hour break, with an average pay of IDR 35,000 a day.
Of course, that does not include the time spent travelling to and fro the kampung and the oil palm plantations, with quite significant distances, departing at 6 a.m. and only arriving home at around 4 p.m. When they work overtime, they can take home a bit more. Apparently, this is their idea of what an employee and a salary means. So then I asked them again to rethink the terms employee and salary.
Those who tap rubber work no more than 5 hours a day, without overtime and pressure from employers. On average, a tapper can pocket Rp 70,000 each morning. ey are their own masters and bosses.