YOU ARE SUPERIOR IN ONLY ONE RESPECT.
WHAT IS THAT?
YOU ARE BETTER AT BEING FIRED.
These girls have the most beautiful dresses. And so do I -- how about that?
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Polter-Cow - Oct 18, 2010 8:15:13 am PDT #316 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
tommyrot - Oct 18, 2010 8:15:30 am PDT #317 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Hee!
brenda m - Oct 18, 2010 8:26:32 am PDT #318 of 30001
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
In other management topics -
I had long career planning convos with my reports last week. This a.m., I came in to find a $10 coffee card and a "thank you for being my boss!" card from one of them.
Tomorrow I get to tell them they will not be reporting to me any longer.
AWKWARD.
Jesse - Oct 18, 2010 8:29:20 am PDT #319 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So it's a parting gift? But still, yeah.
lisah - Oct 18, 2010 8:31:43 am PDT #320 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
People get promoted because they are good at their jobs, until they are in jobs they are not good at.
Having been promoted into a managerial role recently, I hope that's not what happened to me! (I think I'm doing okay at it...so far)
brenda m - Oct 18, 2010 8:33:00 am PDT #321 of 30001
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
Well, it wasn't.
Honestly, the word should have gone out a while ago about some restructuring we're doing. But they didn't get it resolved enough that it could be announced until after things like the career planning had gone on. Stupid.
ION, please do not send me IMs where the full text is "hey". Tell me what you want to know!
Theodosia - Oct 18, 2010 8:34:13 am PDT #322 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
brenda, perhaps a reciprocal gift card to a different coffee chain might be appropriate? (so, you know, it's clear you're not just recycling....)
Jesse - Oct 18, 2010 8:35:22 am PDT #323 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Having been promoted into a managerial role recently, I hope that's not what happened to me! (I think I'm doing okay at it...so far)
I'm sure you're awesome! Just don't start lying to people (above or below you in the chain) to (try to) make yourself look better. I think that's the fatal error of a lot of my bosses.
ChiKat - Oct 18, 2010 8:36:27 am PDT #324 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Actually I think it's the in-betweenness. Managing people is tough, but when you're in middle management you're getting yelled at by people up the org chart all the time.
When I was in middle management, it wasn't the people up the org chart who gave me fits, it was the people across from me who seemed to think they were above me that caused problems.
Tom Scola - Oct 18, 2010 8:37:16 am PDT #325 of 30001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
I don't believe in the Peter Principle as much as I believe in something I call "Stupidity Cancer". It's based on the idea that people who are incompetent don't realize that they are incompetent.
Once an incompetent person gets into a position where they hire other people, they will tend to hire other incompetent people, since they are unable to recognize competency. Once a cluster of incompetent people gets large enough, they will drive away all the competent people and spread through the organization like a cancer.
According to the Peter Principle, it would take years and years for a bureaucracy to ossify, but a Stupidity Cancer can completely undermine an organization in a surprisingly short period of time.