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.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
Steph L. - Oct 27, 2006 2:44:24 pm PDT #6055 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
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?
Lee - Oct 27, 2006 2:59:18 pm PDT #6058 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Suggestions?
Chili? non-deep fried Chinese food.
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Is it tacky of me to want to start a pool about how long the new reference person in NY lasts?
sarameg - Oct 27, 2006 3:00:04 pm PDT #6059 of 10001
Roast chicken? You can vary the sides, roast beans or something with it, convert to chicken soup when the carcass is picked over.
Gus - Oct 27, 2006 3:03:35 pm PDT #6060 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Well, this is my company's 40-year anniversary, so they've been doing something right.
Cool. I bet it isn't because of organizational boundaries.
Lee: Yes.
tommyrot - Oct 27, 2006 3:12:24 pm PDT #6061 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Hey - Gus is here. What have you been up to?
Allyson - Oct 27, 2006 3:13:56 pm PDT #6062 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
oooh, I have a roast chicken in the fridge to be converted to matzo ball soup.
I like the idea of chinese. Maybe lo-mein with lots of veggies. Lee knows what's for dinner.
Lee - Oct 27, 2006 3:17:49 pm PDT #6063 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
YAY ME!
Jesse - Oct 27, 2006 3:19:29 pm PDT #6064 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I need to roast a chicken. Maybe this weekend, maybe not. It's so good!
oh my. 2 people gave notice last week. ANd I just got told that another is giving notice on Monday. All different depts. but we are only an office of 18.
Yikes. Double yikes to brenda.
A different kind of yikes than ita's fangirl, though. Well, not ita's fangirl, but you know who I mean.