I work in \”The Dept of Redundancy Dept\” Finally a study that hits the nail on the head! Unproductivity in employees starts at the top w/ poor mgmt – I wonder how much that report cost to find that out – duh!
too funny – here\’s how just one piece of mail is handled in my office-opened by receptionist-given to assistant-given to another person to \”scan\”-given back to assistant-activity set to CSR by assistant-CSR handles-why can\’t I have my mail? I\’m the CSR – this is how MANAGEMENT wants the mail done – truly the department of REDONEdancy depart!
AFEFE: Another —- Excuse For Everything! Its so easy to blame management for all ills, but, if the employee has the initiative to spot a problem in the productivity process, can propose a positive change to management, and the change is effected, then there can be several outcomes: the inefficiency is solved and the ineffective manager is made to look good, or, if the employee is smarter than the manager then the employee makes sure that upper managemnt sees the change and knows from where it came, then the employee looks good…Pointing fingers is inefficient in and of itself, just fix it and get on with it!
I stopped by a potential client one day and when we walked into the back of the plant I asked him how many people he had working for him? He quickly stated \”Oh, about half of \’em!\” Guess he wasn\’t too far off………..
Oh Please! If an employee points out unproductive employee(s) or the work process of another employee that is unproductive, the employee is either labeled \”jealous\” or is told they obviously don\’t have enough work on their desk to keep them busy.
Management and management alone sets the tone in the office and that includes allowing for unproductive employees.
Jarana: Sure, that happens sometimes, and, I do agree that management sometimes thinks \”jealousy\”, but making a generalized statement about managers is negative, too. Suffice to say, you wouldn\’t be working for me with your negative attitude– all is perception and I perceive you have had a bad experience or two– you might try changing your delivery to management!
No, not naive– just wildly successful– our mga has increased production by 800% during the last 12 months by using a positive attitude and constructive criticism toward problems with our employees–Our aency partners chose us over other larger mga\’s because of our attitude and professionalism and contracts. I have survived bad management, I have grappled with poor and inept managers, and I\’m here to say that negativism only causes roadblocks and is time wasting. I have not attended any of those meetings promoting \”how to have better employees\” or \”how to sell effectively\” or \”how to be a super manager\”– I simply took a rational look at the other offices in which I\’ve worked andchosen not to use those techniques that I have seen fail. I\’m not new to the world, I have 30 years of success with the big alphabet houses and the small local offices– what I do works for our office and we thrive.
These idiots obviously have way too much time on their hands. Maybe they should get into the nitty gritty and see how they can handle a real job!
I know most of them couldn\’t
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I work in \”The Dept of Redundancy Dept\” Finally a study that hits the nail on the head! Unproductivity in employees starts at the top w/ poor mgmt – I wonder how much that report cost to find that out – duh!
Ditto on poor management and I would add poor communication skills as well. I have had managers who can speak to their peers but can\’t manage down.
too funny – here\’s how just one piece of mail is handled in my office-opened by receptionist-given to assistant-given to another person to \”scan\”-given back to assistant-activity set to CSR by assistant-CSR handles-why can\’t I have my mail? I\’m the CSR – this is how MANAGEMENT wants the mail done – truly the department of REDONEdancy depart!
AFEFE: Another —- Excuse For Everything! Its so easy to blame management for all ills, but, if the employee has the initiative to spot a problem in the productivity process, can propose a positive change to management, and the change is effected, then there can be several outcomes: the inefficiency is solved and the ineffective manager is made to look good, or, if the employee is smarter than the manager then the employee makes sure that upper managemnt sees the change and knows from where it came, then the employee looks good…Pointing fingers is inefficient in and of itself, just fix it and get on with it!
I stopped by a potential client one day and when we walked into the back of the plant I asked him how many people he had working for him? He quickly stated \”Oh, about half of \’em!\” Guess he wasn\’t too far off………..
Oh Please! If an employee points out unproductive employee(s) or the work process of another employee that is unproductive, the employee is either labeled \”jealous\” or is told they obviously don\’t have enough work on their desk to keep them busy.
Management and management alone sets the tone in the office and that includes allowing for unproductive employees.
Jarana: Sure, that happens sometimes, and, I do agree that management sometimes thinks \”jealousy\”, but making a generalized statement about managers is negative, too. Suffice to say, you wouldn\’t be working for me with your negative attitude– all is perception and I perceive you have had a bad experience or two– you might try changing your delivery to management!
Please VDC wake up from your dream world and join the rest of us in the real world. Are you new to the corporate world or are you really this naive?
No, not naive– just wildly successful– our mga has increased production by 800% during the last 12 months by using a positive attitude and constructive criticism toward problems with our employees–Our aency partners chose us over other larger mga\’s because of our attitude and professionalism and contracts. I have survived bad management, I have grappled with poor and inept managers, and I\’m here to say that negativism only causes roadblocks and is time wasting. I have not attended any of those meetings promoting \”how to have better employees\” or \”how to sell effectively\” or \”how to be a super manager\”– I simply took a rational look at the other offices in which I\’ve worked andchosen not to use those techniques that I have seen fail. I\’m not new to the world, I have 30 years of success with the big alphabet houses and the small local offices– what I do works for our office and we thrive.
These idiots obviously have way too much time on their hands. Maybe they should get into the nitty gritty and see how they can handle a real job!
I know most of them couldn\’t