I do not want to know how an office of 18 can have more than 3 departments.
Everything about this is bad.
No. You're missing the point. The design of the thing is functional. The plan is not to shoot you. The plan is to get the girl. If there's no girl, then the plan, well, is like the room.
Early ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Gus - Oct 27, 2006 2:15:45 pm PDT #6048 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Steph L. - Oct 27, 2006 2:22:05 pm PDT #6049 of 10001
That which does not kill you should RUN
My office has 18 people (20 if you count the part-timers), and we have 4 departments. Actually, 5 if you separate Finances from HR.
sarameg - Oct 27, 2006 2:24:03 pm PDT #6050 of 10001
oh my. 2 people gave notice last week. ANd I just got told that another is giving notice on Monday.
Oh dear. The craziness is catching up, I guess?
It's cold and rainy here. I hate driving at twilight in the rain. Road and sky are pretty much indistinguishable, and the contrast everywhere else is very low. It's a pretty and interesting asthetic, but it royally sucks to drive in.
brenda m - Oct 27, 2006 2:27:57 pm PDT #6051 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
You want to hear from turnover? My office, not including consultants, has roughly 30 people - sometimes a few more, sometimes a few less. We totted up the number who have left since minion and I came on board, about 3 years.
COO who just resigned is number 60.
msbelle - Oct 27, 2006 2:30:04 pm PDT #6052 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
ordering dinner in to the office.
Gus - Oct 27, 2006 2:36:16 pm PDT #6053 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
18 to 20 people are one ... thing. Twenty people working together with 5 organizational boundaries seems like a recipe for failure.
msbelle - Oct 27, 2006 2:39:39 pm PDT #6054 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
marketing, customer service, IT, creative, and sales
there are people like me who hover btw 2 or 3 depts. and then people like the acct. and frot deak who have no dept.
Steph L. - Oct 27, 2006 2:44:24 pm PDT #6055 of 10001
That which does not kill you should RUN
18 to 20 people are one ... thing. Twenty people working together with 5 organizational boundaries seems like a recipe for failure.
Well, this is my company's 40-year anniversary, so they've been doing something right.
Gus - Oct 27, 2006 2:53:16 pm PDT #6056 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
marketing, customer service, IT, creative, sales, admin
I get seven org boundaries off that, counting the folks who float between stuff -- who are the folks we call 'management' when we are in our cups.
I could easily give accounting its own silo. Call it eight 'departments'. Maybe nine.
Allyson - Oct 27, 2006 2:54:24 pm PDT #6057 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Hmmm. I'm going to be holed up writing all weekend, and feel like I should get myself a yummy dinner. Not looking for a total calorie-fest, and something that will reheat well.
Suggestions?