Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Corporate Politics suck!

["Vern Green" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Call me naive, I have a hard time believing that there are people out there that consciously approach each day trying to be an asshole.

 

I think we are all motivated by our perceptions of things. Some people have a higher tolerance for personalities than others do. For instance, I have a very hard time with people who do not show common sense. If I send out a bill of materials, and in the QTY field it says 2 computers are needed, I do not expect to get a phone call asking how many servers I need for that bill of materials.

 

When this happens two or three times, I am going to start appearing like an asshole to you as I very sternly and appropriately tell you "Look in the QTY field." Am I truly being an asshole to you? By the way this is not an extreme case, this happened to me recently and ultimately the employee was "let go" because of it. Now the key difference is that it was not only a problem with me, but others like me complained about the same thing.

 

Another issue is the negativity your peers put out there. When the employees start complaining about a manager between themselves, they feel empowered by numbers. The negativity continues to grow. This leads to employees treating the manager differently, even your opinion of the person will change, it effects respect for the position. This is a situation the employee can never win, you will be let go in this circumstance.

 

Its best not to get into these situations, when employees start bad mouthing other people it is best to excuse yourself from those discussions.

 

I am not saying these apply to Jennifer in any way, these are just some of the things I have seen.

 

 

On 5/9/07, Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED > wrote:

On Wed, 9 May 2007, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:

> But the company has to distinguish between a genuinely rotten boss, and
> a boss who just happens to play hardball, or an employee who has genuine
> grievances as opposed to a difficult employee.

There you go.  That's a big problem.  But I still think the exit interview
can help a lot.

Mike

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