March 30, 2006

>> Don't bite the hand that covers your ass

[ Boss ]

Bitch to the Grind writes...

"I am a secretary and receptionist for a small law office. One of the lawyers is a complete bastard...blows off clients, carries on affairs without discretion (he's married), an all around great guy. Although it's not in my job description, I have spent probably 95 % of my time covering his ass so clients don't shitcan him. Last week, before I took off for a much-deserved and long overdue vacation, I finished up a project involving a client of his, who is also his relative, who he complains about and calls a dumbass behind his back. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that, even though he approved the project I finished and sent out to this client/relative, while I was gone, he messaged another secretary to re-do my work because, even though the fucker signed off on my work, he didn't remember my having done it. His e-message to the other secretary made some mention of my having tried some 14 times to do this project and hadn't got it right yet, so would she take a stab at it. Fact is, I did the damn thing twice because he wasn't specific about what was needed the first time and left the shit piled on his desk for two weeks until I had only 1 day to redo it, which I certainly did in a timely fashion. He didn't count on this e-message ending up back in my mailbox. I forwarded this message back to him with a scathing commentary in the 3rd person. Not all lawyers are bastards, but the ones that are really take the friggin cake."

01:00 AM - Posted by Disgruntled

March 29, 2006

>> Why should I work whilst they Sleep?

[ Work ]

podinpo writes...

"I work with a bunch of slobs. Sex, race and age doesnt matter in this true story. I've been here almost 5 years. They've been here more than 10 years and more, each. They are Cads, I am a schd. coord. anotherwords lowly pissant. They make 2 to 3 times more than I do and I work 2 to 3x more than they do. They belong to a union, I don't.

Ok, background set..My peeve is they sleep at their desks (I'm not kidding) every friggin day. They've been doing it since and before i started here. It's not hidden from the managers. The managers ignore it. There are 5 day people and 3 of them openly sleep, lying back in their chairs, heads back, open mouths snoring..it's disgusting, disrespectful to those of us who actually work and so unprofessional. I'm mortified when a vendor or upper management walks through here which admittedly is rare. One idiot clips his toenails at his desk on a regular basis. And he is not a clean looking dude. gag me. Their desk areas are gross and filthy. They do as little as possible. Their productivity is just enough to get by but detrimental to the department (we are penalized by it monthly). They even sleep..I mean work overtime on a regular basis while upper management gripes about us going over on our overtime...hah!! Either our company is a bunch of friggin idiots or they are afraid of firing these dolts or they really don't care. I'm a normal, hard working average ethical person, but am losing those qualities as I work arounds these neanderthals. It's really draining. Management looks the other way. In fact I just found out today that one of those sleeping uglies made a formal complaint about the one dude who doesnt sleep because he ran out of work and actually worked on another station that wasnt his to work on. They complained that it took work away from the other (union) laborers??!! Are you kidding..? What work? When and how would they even know?? They were friggin sleeping...arrrgh! I just want to slap them and scream in their putrified, puffy, sleepy-fatty faces and say WAKE UP! They must be a real scream at home! What pride they must have for the 8 hours they put in every day here...?!

How can I continue to work here while they are rewarded with keeping their high paying job while not even working? I just don't get it? People out there would do anything just to have a job and these idiots take full advantage and voice to everyone how much they hate this place. Then quit I say! Please!"

01:00 AM - Posted by Disgruntled

March 28, 2006

>> Clueless CoWorker tries to intiminate by yelling

[ Fools ]

Sr. Software Engineer writes...

"I have never before been in a situation like I had yesterday! We are a small company which has both pros and cons - the pros for me are the fact that I get to do everything from code to some system admin, the cons of course is that there is too much work. I have been on this project for 6 weeks, my coworker has been on this for 5 weeks.

He has maintained from the beginning that we cannot do any of the work assigned to us until we have a full corporate style documentation with system procedures in place and has obstructed everything that I have been working on since he came on board.

I have been in the field (DP) since 1981 and have set up a working svn repository, build scripts and put our server software on the file sharing systems.

We were then assigned a task to write a web service with soap to a client. When my coworker said that we could not work on it because the build.property file needed one time only manual modifications to point to the correct server versions, I told him that I would go ahead and write the request for the service, write all the communications, get a response and give that for him to work on.

He has spent the last four weeks interrupting me constantly on requests for style changes to his build script. I set up a connection to the VPN so I could work from home without interruptions and he still called me, angrily demanding to know what I was doing and telling me that we could not do anything until he had written his build scripts. For anyone in the know, once you have a working ant build.xml, you can add all kind of features, and in his case, he threw so much unnecessary additional functionality on it, that it could not build in Eclipse, I have to go to the command line.

I had finally let my consulting firm know that there is a problem, but nothing was done. In the meantime, I finished my work, got a code review and was prepared to turn over the process to him. He was overtly hostile when I asked to setup his environment based on detailed notes I had sent him. The customer told me that my coworker went to him and complained that I was condescending to him, and asked me not to help him unless he asked for it.

During our recent hurricane, the customer who is out of town could not come to work yesterday. The coworker did ask for help, and in a calm reasoned voice, I asked what setup he had done. I needed to know this so that I could start from there to getting him a debug environment, a test program, and walk him through the code to the point where he needed to pick up.

He took such offense to this question, got up, came around to my desk, fists clenched and screamed at how bad a team member I was, how I never helped him.... I was just as strong back at him, yelled back at him which took him aback - I am a 53 year old woman after all, and he is a man in his 40's but it got him calm and actually focused him enough to get the turnover complete while he went through a series of yelling jags and then I went home, told my consulting firm we have a problem, and I have work I can do at home.

What should I do now? I have never, ever, been in as bad a situation as this! I keep trying to understand why someone who is supposed to have 9 years in the field is as clueless as this man appears to be, and more to point, what does this mean to me?

Does anybody have any suggestions about this?"

01:00 AM - Posted by Disgruntled

March 27, 2006

>> Boss interrupts all the time, takes over

[ Rant ]

Anonymous writes...

"I work for a boss that is 2 salaries levels above me. He craves attention and loves to show how much he knows to everyone. No opinion counts but his own.

Users walk in and start to ask me questions, and while I am talking he over hears our conversation and interrupts all the time and takes over the conversation. This happens alot. Sometimes, I continue talking or try to force my way back into the conversation. But the user is now *facing* my boss.

I don't know how (or too timid) to tell him (with the user standing there listening) to stop interrupting me when I am talking.

He behavior is so rude. This happens in meetings where he should be listening and not taking over the meeting.

While I an rant and vent on every message board, I am really interested in how to handle this guy.

Suggestions ?"

01:00 AM - Posted by Disgruntled

March 26, 2006

>> Not too sure...

[ Work ]

Anonymous writes...

"...But probably sure I'm the type of asshole everybody hates at the work place.

I work in retail at an Asian store where maybe a quarter of the employees don't speak English beyond "Hello" and "Thank you" and I had to teach my manager how to use a computer, but that's not the problem, exactly.

I have a coworker who drives me nuts, and I have a short temper with her - I always, always, ALWAYS have to clarify things twice or more with her. Communication with her is such a hassle. Example:

Me: So, what's the number for [blah blah]?
Her [looking at another item and 'pointing' to it]: It's UPC 4785.
Me: Huh? No, no, not that, I'm talking about [blah blah]?
Her: Yes! I said UPC 4785!
Me: Jesus Christ, I asked you - why are you pointing at that? Nevermind.

And I'm cruel/abrupt/rude to her because I feel she's always making mistakes I have to fix (messes up transactions), asks to leave early too late and when it's going to be busy soon, and I get insulted when I've been slaving my ass all day and she gets the credit from the customer, and I get a dirty "How can you be so mean to this wonderful lady?" Truth is, she is a nice woman and is wonderful with the customers (which is why she hasn't been fired), but I feel that doesn't make up for the inconvinience she's caused me.

Basically, if you've met/know jerks like me, we're assholes, plain and simple. We have a short-temper, introverted, get mad easily even though we've made the same mistakes...but I guess if you want to avoid us blowing up in your face, please don't aggravate things. It's only going to make it worse for the both of us. Or send an email with the URL to this site, and we'll feel guilty and wholly responsible for being such an ass."

01:00 AM - Posted by Disgruntled

March 25, 2006

>> Retail Detail

[ Rant ]

benyooro writes...

"I arrived at my UK-based retail outlet this morning and (as acting Store Manager) was required to respond to an e-mail from our regional boss - sent on behalf of his London-based executive - asking for "a reason for our poor sales figures yesterday"

I very nearly posted my resignation instead.

The temptation to respond with "a couple of prominent bangs in The City may have given a few less hardened consumers visiting our sizeable out-or-town mall the willies, don't you think, you insensitive, money-worshipping prick?" was overwhelming. After five years with this company, I began job-hunting this evening.

I know this isn't amusing at all, but (alas) is completely true."

01:00 AM - Posted by Disgruntled

March 24, 2006

>> Can't Go On Vacation

[ Rant ]

tired and fed up writes...

"I asked for vacation time I wanted to take was 6 months later. My boss told me I couldn't go, because he already has plans for the same week. Give me a break, he is in his 60's, just got remarried, and can take a vacation whenever he likes. Me on the other hand, I go to school part-time, have step-children, and a boyfriend. Our schedule only permits us to go on vacation at this time. I also attend school in the summer. By the way, this boss only spends 10 hours a week in the office, just got back from a month's vacation. He also takes one day off every week. I am the only one in the office, so no one else can cover for me. Also, when I do take a vacation, I come back to my chair being filled with messages (that he can take care of), payments that need to be processed, and anything else, he can think of. All he comes back to is mail, which I go through, take out all the mail that pertains to the business, and then all he has to deal with is his personal mail. By the way, when he was on vacation, he called me before he left on Father's Day, while I was at my sister's house, and said he thought he paid all of the bills, but if any come in that are past due, I am to pay them, and he will reimburse me. I don't think so.

He has been nice to me, but since his new marriage, things have changed, and I feel I can no longer work for him. I do have a few interviews lined up, and if I do get a new job, I am unsure of how to tell him I am quitting. I am a very nice person, and always put other people's feeling's before my own. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Tired and Fed Up"

01:00 AM - Posted by Disgruntled

March 23, 2006

>> Communication breakdown...

[ Boss ]

Yes, it's me. writes...

"In my work I deal with videoconferencing. I was asked to cut 100% of the planned budget for the ISDN lines needed to hook the system to the rest of the world. I met with two members of the EC, and one of them told me that she wanted to keep the lines, but not pay for them since we are not planning on using them in the coming year. We shouldn't get rid of the lines just in case we needed them. They didn't want to pay installation fees again. I explained that ISDN lines were like her home phone line, and that she would never call the phone company saying the she was not planning on receiving or making any call in the next month, so please do not bill me next month. She looked at me for 10 seconds, turned to the other person there and said: "I don't get it".

I took two more tries before she got it."

01:00 AM - Posted by Disgruntled

March 22, 2006

>> Little Big Man

[ Boss ]

SaraJo writes...

"I work for a large independent radiology group, where I handle all the radiology films and medical records releases. My department (which includes the operator, myself, schedulers, and front desk staff) recently got a new supervisor who was transferred from the billing department. As you may have guessed, the billing department has nothing to do with my department and has no knowledge of our daily tasks or procedures. To add insult to idiocy, Napolean (as we fondly refer to him) was only transferred after the position was promised to three other people within my department!

On Napolean's first day as supervisor, he publicly humiliated the entire department by lecturing us for fifteen minutes on how incompetent we were, what problems he had with each individual employee, and how we spent all of our time "bitching" to one another. He did this in the middle of our work day and in front of the entire billing department. He then handed out poems and told us that he "expected us to live our lives by these poems, not just follow them while we were at work".

Today he reprimanded a fellow employee (who has been here longer than he has) for reading a newspaper at her desk ON HER BREAK. He did this in front of everyone. In my opinion, that was something that should have been done in private. When she tried to explain to him that she was on her break, he interrupted her and said, "This is not the time." 'Scuse me, Napolean, but you brought it up! He didn't say anything, however, to the other coworker who spends her entire morning looking at Avon catalogs and checking her personal email account! But then again, if they got into an argument, it might mess up their plans for the weekend. (They like to hit the gay bars together). He talks to us like children, and treats us like the squad of thirteen-year-old cheerleaders he coaches. He is absolutely unapproachable, as we've been told that he is not there to hear our complaints, he is there to tell us what to do. I'm disgusted. Any advice? 'Cuz right now, the main solution I see is to walk out, and then wait for him in the parking lot... ;-p"

01:00 AM - Posted by Disgruntled

March 21, 2006

>> If you see something in the forest....

[ Boss ]

"I have this boss, you see. WE'll call her PAT (passive-aggressive type). Now, Pat knows everything. EVERYTHING. Even stuff she knows nothing about she still knows everything about. That includes her job, my job, your job, and her boss's job. Problem is that Pat only knows how to piss me off. I believe Pat's mission in life is to prove that she could do my job, her job, your job, and her boss's job just as well as you can. Unfortunately, she's never had to do my job or even manage my job until she got this job. So suffice it to say I'd love to tell Pat to bugger off.

Now recently, she likes to make these attempts at showing me how great she is and how she knows everything and everyone. So I walk into Pat's office. She has a fax on her desk that she's reading out loud. Have you seen this? she asks me. "Ummm, nope." Now, this might not seem odd, but the fax was addressed to her, likely came in about 10 minutes ago thereby leaving me no time to actually see it before her unless I was monitoring her inbox or the fax machine.

Now there are other examples of her extreme nepotism and stupidity. But they're just too many to count and it could go on for days. But this one is the most recent and annoying."

01:00 AM - Posted by Disgruntled

March 20, 2006

>> Please Harass me

[ Rant ]

DearGod writes...

"So here is the back ground information: I work for a very prominnent arts foundation who has been growing by leaps and bounds. Great for the company not so great for me. For the first time in years we have a mail guy. This would normally be fantastic if it weren't for the fact that I have now been forced to change most of my wardrobe. You see I can not under any sercumstances wear any shirt that could possibbly show any skin under my neck or else I will spend the whole day with said mail guy hanging around my desk look at my chest. It is important to note that I am an A cup size! Not like there is a big show going on here. Also I would like to point out that none of my undergarments show any hint of cold enviroment

He has done this to several other young women in the company that feel very uncomfortable with his behavior as much as I do. We have brought this up to his supervisor but his supervisor will not do or say anything to him to correct the behavior because he is a special needs employee.

I would bring it up to my supervisor but they are about as usefull as a planters wart when it comes to backing me up.

I would tell him to stop if I thought her could hear me while he is picturing me naked.

So now I am redueced to the girl that is mean to the slow kid bescause I don't like being sexually harassed and oggled at while I work."

01:00 AM - Posted by Disgruntled

March 19, 2006

>> Bad Manager/Bad Leadership

[ Boss ]

I'm On To You!!! writes...

"My manager is one of those sneaky, back-stabbing types. You know, the kind who writes you glowing performance appraisals and then tells other managers what a slacker you are and what you should be doing and how your performance isn't up to par.

He'll lie through his teeth about your corporate aspirations coming true while he's scheming to get you transferred or demoted because deep down, for one reason or another, he just doesn't like you on a personal level and therefore does NOT WANT YOU ON HIS TEAM!

In the meantime, you're killing yourself to get your work done, and get work for your team, while he throws you work not in your job description. While you receive glowing reviews about your attempt to complete said work from other department heads, he continues to ignore, or worse, belittle your efforts.

You know what I think about said wimpy, sneaky manager? I think he feels threatened. That's right. T H R E A T E N E D.

Threatened!!! Threatened !!! THREATENED!!!!

Because no matter what he throws at me and my team, we SUCCEED!

Deep down, I think he's afraid he's not needed.

That's right. He's afraid for his OWN job."

01:00 AM - Posted by Disgruntled

March 18, 2006

>> Chickenball

[ Fools ]

Anonymous. writes...

"The memories of this woman still make me shudder. 'Hannah' was the kind of stupid co-worker you had to feel sorry for; totally incompetant for her position, a total idiot, bad personal hygene, but still a pleasant person if you could ignore all her failings.

So, Hannah was hired to replace an accomplished educator of a long, long time. People come and go; I was used to it, having worked at this school for over twenty-five years at the time, but from the first day, I realized Hannah was special.

Our department took lunch at different times, depending on our schedules. Hannah and I had the same, as luck would have it, and were the only ones in the staff room at the time. I was looking over various papers, sipping cold coffee from the morning absently, when I noted Hannah's lunch.

This twenty-something woman takes our what could only be raw chicken from her little cooler, rolls it into a ball, and sticks it on a paper plate to be cooked in the communal microwave. I didn't time how long she cooked it for, but when she eventually set into it with a fork, it oozed with a vicuous red fluid.

I choked on my coffee. She asked me if I was okay through a mouth of pink-tinged birdflesh, spewing a small morsel out to land on the table between us. I stammered out a lame exuse and fled.

I stopped taking my lunches in the staff room, and subtly encouraged my colleages to avoid using the microwave, if possible.

Sadly, she was not one of those people who inspite of their social failings was a marvelous teacher. She'd routinely come in late for the start of her classes -- an act that was tempting utter armageddon, as anyone who can envision a group of teenagers left to their own devices can attest. On one occasion, she'd told her class she was late because she'd had a "really hot date last night."

She didn't come back to teach with us the following year. Though I'll never, ever make inquiries as to what made the up-and-ups decide to let her go, or as to where she went, I can't help but wonder if she still eats chickenballs."

01:00 AM - Posted by Disgruntled

March 17, 2006

>> Boss Man should be Sued, if not Fired

[ Boss ]

anonymous writes...

"My manager should be sued for harassment...not sexual harassment, mind you, but harassment none-the-less, especially against women.

(My plan is to go to Human Resources and discuss this issue. It was bad enough to witness it, but even worse to know my turn is coming.)

The latest escade of this fool? In a crowded hallway full of witnesses, he toyed with a co-worker who needed her FMLA form signed, telling her he didn't feel like doing it but only signed because he had to. Then he told her she should dump her disabled hubby for a new model. He called other (male) managers over to the conversation and proceeded to take a poll on whether or not she should dump her husband. He didn't stop until the co-worker burst into tears, whereupon he promptly apologized, adding that she really just couldn't take a "joke."

Professional? NO WAY.

Harassment? Yes, definitely!

I kick myself for not reporting him. It will only get worse.

He also harassed another co-worker when she asked questions about a project he dumped on her, last minute, that was not in her job description, but "suddenly became high priority" with an urgent deadline for the following day.

He told her "No questions allowed. Figure it out yourself!" and then demanded that his team not help her either, as a cruel joke. Fortunately, she relied on another team to get started and succeeded in getting the project done, on time, and with glowing reviews.

That this person is permitted to continue is the fault of all the brown-nosing, fearful employees who want to make it in this company.

I, for one, will not let it continue anymore, whatever the cost."

01:00 AM - Posted by Disgruntled

March 16, 2006

>> Files, folders and e-mail.

[ Boss ]

From the UK writes...

"My boss and I work from the same folder at work, saving our files in one folder he decided to call 'All'. The 'All' folder was created because the one we were using looked a mess, so 'All' was created inside that one and all the files were moved into there.

Every week when he watches me do all of our work, he tells me to e-mail the weekly report to him. So I attach the weekly report to an e-mail and send it. He then tells me to log off and then log back on with his ID, then I have to open his e-mail and detach the weekly report and save it in our 'All' folder, overwriting the original file with itself.

I've tried to explain that I don't need to do all this but he doesn't understand and just tell me that he wants me to send it because he wants to be sure he's got it.

It really is a case of not knowing whether to laugh or cry."

01:00 AM - Posted by Disgruntled

March 15, 2006

>> Under Surveillance...

[ Boss ]

Anonymous writes...

"I have worked under a few incompetants in my short life, but this one really takes the biscuit. I work at a popular sandwich chain. The owner and the ONE manager are CRAZY about cost-cutting; nothing new here. But they have taken this insanity to the absolute limit.

Apparently this place is in a state of constant turnover. The manager (a self-proclaimed "perfectionist") hires anyone who shows up to the interview. The guy who started 2 days before me was fired in less than a week for "not smiling enough." Yikes! People are getting fired and quitting left and right.

On top of that, we are no longer allowed to put anything on the sandwiches. We actually DICE the green peppers to "save money", so that the peppers resemble a wet, nasty paste. Every time I make a sandwich, customers hover over me, saying "more...more..." The onions are a sick paste, too, and the tomatoes are usually rotten, but we're not allowed to throw them away.

But the real problem is scheduling. It used to be that 2 people would close together, the shift being 5 to 10:30. Now 2 people are scheduled at 5, but one has to go home at 8:30, and everything MUST be done by then. And guess who gets to go home early? Lucky me, working 10 hours a week.

I almost forgot to mention that the manager never shows up- she watches the cameras from her computer at home. One faces the register, the other faces the prep table. She calls once or twice a nnight to remind us to use less green peppers or to see how we're doing.

Well, that's my rant; better go, I'll be late for my 3 hour shift!"

01:00 AM - Posted by Disgruntled

March 14, 2006

>> Do this, no don't, no do it...Argh!!

[ Boss ]

Can't take it writes...

"I work in higher education but sadly most of the time feel like I work for Ringling Bros. due to some of my "wonderful" co-workers. One of my job duties here is to oversee the department's budget. I've only been with the co. for about 6 months now and the budget for the past fiscal year is in shambles. No one knew what their budget was and just kept spending. We ended up going over by about 160K. I spent about 2 weeks going over expenses to see what could be reallocated to different budget lines to help balance things out and finally when I got it done and gave it to my boss I hear, "Thanks for your hard work but finance says we don't need to do any reallocating." What the F?! I just wasted two weeks. But wait it gets better...

That was about 2 and a half weeks ago. Yesterday I get called in to a meeting with my boss where he tells me that we're over budget and need to reallocate some expenses and would I mind pulling out certain ones. Excuses me?! Isn't this what I spent two weeks on that you told me we didn't have to do. So I get an urgent project and my boss takes today off.

On a side note I also got a voicemail from my supervisor telling me that the software she installed to block pop ups isn't working to stop the virus she has on her computer."

01:00 AM - Posted by Disgruntled

March 13, 2006

>> I think I've done every drug except acid

[ Boss ]

grunt work writes...

"My job is infested with people under the age of 27 (Including myself). We have what most people would call a "professional job".

There is this one guy who's my age & who got a job there after I did but was given his position b/c he took night courses in his last year in college as opposed to myslef who didn't. When he first got here we were all impressed by him. He was well spoken, nice, and very charismatic. As the months went by, we all noticed that he took a turn for the worst. He became the biggest pompous asshole any of us had ever encountered. He let us all know that he thought that he was superior to us by making stupid condescending remarks that sounded like compliments at first but as you would walk away from him, you just felt like an idiot.His demise began when he started letting us know about his personal life. The life which consisted of not having sex for a year and a half because everytime a girl actually let him get naked with her, he couldn't perform. Yep, I said everytime. He had no shame in letting us know this. He blamed it on his ex who told everyone that he was horrible in bed during the time they were together and also after they broke up. This poor guy claimed to be traumatized by this.This idiot then let us all know that when he didn't come in at relatively normal hour to work it was because he had gone on a coke binge the night before and didn't get to sleep until early that morning. And this conversation would take place not ten feet from my bosses. He seriously was under the impression that because my bosses liked him, that his drug use was acceptable.Now my boss is a young guy. He's in his early 30's and has shared some of his college antics with us. But he has never given the impression that getting high all the time is something that is acceptable in any work force. Sometimes we all go out for drinks after work. And yesterday this moron was getting all excited because my boss was sharing one of his college stories with us and he felt that this could be a bonding experience for him. And the conversation turned to acid. And my boss had mentioned that he had never really gotten into it. And here came the super jerk with this doozie of a comment, "You know what? I think I have done EVERY drug except acid!" . And afetr that comment he proceeded to stare at my boss with the stupidest smirk on his face while my boss looked away in disgust.Are you kidding me? I would die before I let my boss know I was a low life. Apparently, he didn't."

01:00 AM - Posted by Disgruntled

March 12, 2006

>> Oh yes, oh yes, mmmm ahhh love that flagpole baby

[ Fools ]

Silent No Longer writes...

"I work in a company that is provides communication services. I work in a cube ( what else is new ) along with two other men both married. The company was the bastard company of a take over. I work on the computer all day writing programs, my co-workers are all within 3 feet of me in their part of the cubicles. Co-worker A is married with 2 kids. He is having an affair with a another married woman in another dept of the company. She calls him at least 20 times a day. The have a "quid pro quo" arrangement. he helps her out and she HELPS him out, if you get my drift. I am so sick of listening to his wispers and moaning when he is on the phone with her. He whispers so much shit it is like a 900 sex line. He fucks around on his wife, then I have to listen to him when he is on the phone with his wife acting like he is such a good husband, then when he talks to his kids on the phone he tells them ' make me proud!; What a Hypocrite! What Bull Shit. The guy's brains are between his legs. He only works when forced, he is the one who does the least and complains the loudest. The other co-worker started a landscaping business! He does his bids and will make personal calls during the day! he takes 1 hour morning breaks and 2 hour lunches. He is late most days, calls in sick all the time, either his kid is sick, he is sick, wife sick so he has to take care of kids, or he and wife sick, or kids day care provider sick. Frankly, I am sick of both of them. I am late 40's, they are mid 30's. I have no kids at home, I end up always filling in for these guys, the kicker is the new Supervisor is in another State! Yes, the parent company's headquarters is in the nect state so there is no real supervision of these guys and they are milking it for all it's worth, they have no work ethics, they do not care what I think, and do not care what I listen to. Co-worker A turns up the radio so he thinks no one can hear is conversations with his lover. The guy is a total scum. he kows I hear it, I have mentioned it, but he is very tall and big, and uses this intimidation factor in your face crap. frankly, I would rather work some where else, but I was here before both of these guys. If I go to my supervisor, who does not comunicate with us, except for the occasional email saying what the company policy for this product is, I feel it will just make an impossible situation more impossible. I care about my job and do not feel I should leave and have to find new employment just because of two shit heads that do not care anymore. I am hating to come in to work, it is the same everyday. I know that I am lucky to have a job, I know that I am now classified in that "older worker" catagory too. These guys are just playing out the string, they think they can piss on me and anyone else and that if someone says anything, they will get out of it. I used to like my work and the people Iused to work with, we were like a team, then the company was changed, We lost the supervisor who worked with us, taught us a lot, and was chewed up and spit out by the new managers of the company. It just sucks."

01:00 AM - Posted by Disgruntled

March 11, 2006

>> Some team players more valuable than others

[ Boss ]

Jane Drone writes...

"I work in a small office environment, and our manager is a very hard person to please. He has his Favorites, then the next down are the Liked, and the rest of us are merely Drones, apparently there to do the Liked and the Favorites' jobs for them. Whenever Mary or John Favorite, or Sue or Linda Liked, go to Mr. Boss and tell him they have too much work to do, then Mr. Boss calls in Bob or Sally or Jane Drone to give them a hand.

Now, if one of the Drones is covered up, and tells Mr. Boss that he or she is on a deadline, and it's quite impossible to help someone else at the moment, then the Drone in question gets a lecture on being a team player, and how we all need to help each other out, and usually a litany of reasons Mary or John Favorite or Carol or Linda Liked need help. And quite possibly a story about one of Mr. Boss' first jobs where he worked his tail off, never took a break, or a lunch, or--I'm guessing--went to the bathroom, and how his bosses noticed how valuable he was to the team because of it.

Once, poor Sally Drone pointed out to him--quite rightly--that whenever one of the Favorites asks for help, Mr. Boss moves heaven and earth to get one of the Drones--and sometimes two of them--into the Favorite's office that very day. If a Drone goes to him for help, however, we get told that we're all stretched to capacity, and nobody can be spared, and a not-so-veiled accusation of trying to avoid hard work isn't unusual. Sally was told he didn't appreciate her "challenging" him, and she got dinged on her annual job eval for "attitude." Asking Mr. Boss a question he would rather not answer, you see, is "challenging" him.

Many's the time I was in John or Mary F's office, doing something for them (as ordered by Mr. Boss), and looked over to see him or her doing email, or talking on a cell phone, or occasionally--I swear--playing a computer game. At which point, I say, "Well, it looks like you're caught up here, so I'm going back to my office. I have some things I need to finish today." Then, when Mr. Boss sees me in my office--apparently, doing work in my own office means I'm not working--he asks me, "Didn't I ask you to help John Favorite?" And I reply, "Yes, and I've been in there. But since John was playing pinball on his computer, I needed to come in here to use mine." And for some reason, that response makes Mr. Boss mad at MEI've even taken some of my own work into other people's offices, so it'll look like I'm doing something for them, so I can get my work done without being bothered. Mr. Boss likes seeing the Drones in the Liked and the Favorites' offices; it looks like we're team players, you see. I'm friends with a couple of the Liked, and they know the score, and are good to let me work in their offices sometimes. Then, when Mr. Boss walks by Linda Liked's office, and sees Jane Drone in there working on something, he happily goes on his way, I guess patting himself on the back for the atmosphere of teamwork he had fanatically established.

Mr. Boss has told us Drones not to wait for someone to come and ask for help. We're to be "proactive," and go up to other staff members--the Liked and the Favorites--and ask them, "What can I do to help you?" When he told me that, I asked him, "Am I not to do my own work, then?" He looked surprised, and said, "No, of course not. Do that when you're through with your own assignments." Well, I have enough of my own assignments that when I finish my own work, it's time to go home. And I'm sorry, I'm not staying an extra 2-3 hours--we're salaried, so no overtime--to do other people's work for them. Besides, when I'm doing one of my own assignments, I have to stop in the middle of it to go help someone else. The only way I can get my assignments done is by pretending they're someone else's. I guess the Drones are supposed to get our work done by telepathy. The Favorites and the Liked don't have any more work to do than the Drones; we're all kept busy with our own stuff piled on our respective desks. All of us are supposedly of equal status, but my job description, and the job description of the rest of the Drones, seems to be "Do whatever anyone in the office says."

I'm keeping my eyes open and an ear out for another position, but the job market here isn't the greatest, so I'm probably stuck for awhile longer. Go team go..."

01:00 AM - Posted by Disgruntled

March 10, 2006

>> A learning institute???!!

[ Work ]

Empathic writes...

"I have recently begoun my second semester in a network specialist training course. It takes about 1 1/2 years to complete.

There are some "students" here that have been here for 4 to 8 semesters and cannot even setup a new computer with required software! Everytime my teacher needs something like that or basically any repair done, he asks me to "supervise". I guess I should feel proud, but here is the kicker....

I make good grades A's and B's.. but some of these students cheat and make straight A's. They may miss 2 days a week... they may decide they arent' prepared for a test and talk the instructor into waiting.. While I have to spend hourse studying in order to earn my grades...

Yeah, the world is full of dishonest people, always will be. I just hope that I dont get a job where one of these morons is the boss, cause I will be doing their job for them.

Hard work pays off.. butit seems so does cheating, sleeping in class, not showing up for class, basically being a moron.. Some of these students have a hard time finding PROGRAM FILES FROM THE START MENU!!! And these idiots are going to setup a high speed network for a multi-million dollar cooperation? Doubtful, but very plausiable..."

01:00 AM - Posted by Disgruntled

March 09, 2006

>> Use the right numbers

[ Boss ]

Darryl writes...

"Because finance is terribly difficult to relate, I will reference my company like it was a manufacturing plant.

We have clients who ask us to process work from their clients and give it to them (our clients) completed in a timely fashion.

Thus we staff according to our volume projections. If we think we are going to be busy, we beef up staff.

So, my manager calls an emergency meeting to note that our clients are angry because we have not completed their work fast enough. She wants to know how we are going to fix this. I note that we are understaffed and need more help. Yet, she says we have a reduced volume over last month and we should be working with LESS people.

So I ask to see the numbers. She shows all of us a chart that has volume per day. I ask where the info comes from and she tells me that the numbers are from a daily processing report. She says that we have declining volume, and thus need to reduce the number of people working. Yet, she says our associates must be lazy because we are also getting the work out late for the clients.

So, when I look at the numbers I note that they look more like what we processed, not what we received. She looks at me and says "Yes, Darryl, this is how we detect volume." I note to her that this only shows what we HAVE done (and projected forward to should what we CAN do), not what we SHOULD be doing. I say that using this report is going to show that we have lower and lower volume because its PROCESSING volume and thus everytime we reduce staff we will produce less. And when we have less staff we will not be able to produce all the work we RECEIVE and thus the clients will be angry that it is taking longer.

She gets angry and says "you do not know how to do forcasting, because this is where we determine how much we are going to do by the end of the month. And we show that we are going to be down 10%, and thus need to reduce staff by this much."

I try again. "This report will tell us what we CAN do, and its telling us we will do 10% less than last month because at the end of last month we were told to reduce staff. What we need is a report showing how much stuff NEEDS to be done, and thus we will staff to that amount."

She gets visibly angry.."You cannot get more staff because you don't need more staff. We are overstaffed and must reduce." I see the wheels turning in the other manager's heads. They start to see the fallacy in using what we produce as a measure of what we have. They start to tell her "What Darryl is trying to say is that we are producing less because we reduced staff. And now we are using that report to say we have less work than we budgeted for and thus need to reduce staff."

She finally has had enough. "What you all need to know is that the site cannot have client impact and we cannot hire more people. We do not have it in the budget. Thus, you all must work with your teams to produce more while using less people. That's the bottom line that we face every year and you should all be more prepared for this than you have been."

If I thought it was a trick to get us to work harder I would be more receptive. But, I know that she cannot see that we will be slowly cuttng our own throat here.

Every month we will be down 10% in "volume" and have to reduce 10%. The next month we will be down 20%...and so on. SO I guess we have 5 months before we suddenly realize that we have no staff and mounds of work.

But at least her numbers will be "right."

01:00 AM - Posted by Disgruntled

March 08, 2006

>> Respect?

[ Rant ]

d0st03vsky writes...

"I started working for a software company as a contractor. Several months later, many of the contractors were hired on "Full Time" (or, as actual employees--though we'd been working "full time" during our contract.) One of these fellow contractors-turned-employees had a reputation as being the most annoying person in the company. Naturally, within a month or so, I had to share a two-person office with her.

She moved into my office over a weekend, which was great. The not so great part was that she moved about a third of my stuff out into the hallway. (Stuff in the hallway at this company means it's up for grabs for anyone passing by or trash to be taken by maintenance.) I suffered through six months of her extreme right wing diatribes hourly, and even had to babysit her expelled daughter in our shared office while she did more important things.

Fast forward another six months, I was put into a minor leadership position. This was great, but guess who was my first employee?

I earnestly (really) sat down with her and went over how she was doing her job. I immediately recognized that she was doing it wrong, but knowing her tricks, I decided to make sure I had ammunition before confronting her. I spoke with a lot of our senior people, made sure I had all angles of her probable obfuscation handled, and then sat down with her. She hit almost every angle I had anticipated when confronted with the fact that she was doing things wrong. So, I told her, I'd like her to do things this way (the right way). Half an hour later, she was still arguing, getting louder. I flatly told her I'd checked this with everyone who matters, and this is how you should have been doing it before, and this is how you and I are going to have you do it moving forward. How can I help you to move toward this goal?

Won't go into her visceral response. Fast forward to the next morning: She comes to my office, mascara running, dabbing her eyes, sits down and says (and I'm not kidding): "I'm just very proud of myself. I'm proud that yesterday I didn't RIP YOUR HEAD OFF AND SPIT DOWN YOUR THROAT."

No kidding. That's how you talk to your new boss?

Fortunately, I had spent several years long ago as a child care counsellor for emotionally impaired youth, so I went into full-on counsellor mode, not emotionally reacting to her threats. Long story short, she was fired about a month later for unrelated issues which thankfully did not involve me (she did some very bad things with company resources.)

Fortunately, everyone I've had working for me since has been very successful, which is gratifying."

01:00 AM - Posted by Disgruntled

March 07, 2006

>> I need more Money

[ Fools ]

KokomoNJ writes...

"Thanks here is a good one. I have a man that subcontracts painting work from me. We will call him Rick. Rick is a very hard worker. He also does a lot of our spray work. I make great money from supporting his business. I occasionally let him use one or two of my painters at cost. This one painter we'll can Dan is a decent painter and earns a fair wage. During a recent conversation Dan asked if he was staying on Rick's Job until it was finished this week. I said yes and commented on how much work was being done. This guys says that he really busts his ass when he works with Rick. Now I know Rick has a separate deal with you and he makes good money. I think I should make more money when I work for Rick Now my jaw is on the car seat. I have an astonished look of disbelief. I said "Really, so you work that much harder on Rick's job" I didn't think I would ever meet the smartest man alive but I have. Can you guess my response? "How much more do you think you should earn per hour when on Rick's job"? I couldn't believe he was looking at me, thinking about the answer. I had to encourage him. Dan is a short balding light skinned Irishman who has been recognized by receiving his own mug at his local bar for drinking one of every brand of beer sold in that establishment. I'll bet he had two or three of some of those really bitter beers. So I suggested, $1.00 $2.00 or 50 cents? What do you think? I asked. Dan said............A dollar, I think a dollar is fare. I said great. I told him he was probably getting the better of me but I said all right At the end of the week, I deducted $1.00 per ever hour he works with my crew. This ensures he is paid $1.00 per hour more when working on Rick's Crew. I can't wait to see his face."

01:00 AM - Posted by Disgruntled

March 06, 2006

>> FuzzBalls at the Front Desk

[ Fools ]

They wonder why I drink... writes...

"Our receptionist, whom we will refer to as "Fuzz Balls," has actually been here 5 months longer than myself. My first week here, my direct boss was out a couple of days for training, so I spent time with Fuzz Balls learning the phone system, coworkers names and positions, etc. She also showed me a little about our computer programs. This ass bag has apparently lost all knowledge of anything she showed me that first week, along with anything she learned in the first grade. About 1 1/2 years ago, my direct boss passed away unexpectedly. She had worked here over 40 years, so this was obviously a terrible personal loss as well as employment loss. The 6 month interim, I was Fuzz Balls' boss. That was a treat. In that time, she acted like she knew everything about our operation. Now that we have a new boss, she acts incompetent, unless it comes to flirting with our drivers, which they all make fun of her as soon as she walks away. She is 26, still lives at home, MOMMY CALLS HER THREE TIMES A DAY to see how things are going. A couple of months ago, it was decided that since I need a break from payroll (I've not had a holiday weekend or a Monday off in almost 2 years), we would train this yahoo on how to back me up. That was 2 months ago. She did it for the first time by herself last week. I got a phone call (shock) asking me how many minutes are in an hour... In case you missed that, I'll repeat, I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM HER ASKING HOW MANY MINUTES ARE IN AN HOUR. After the flames shot out of my eyes (as I was at the hospital, my mother was in surgery), I explained there are 60 minutes in an hour, and that's how it is to be input into our payroll program. She said she was confused because it was a holiday weekend (?????). She then states, "these computer programs and phone systems just get the best of me sometimes, and I forget a lot of things." Not only is she stupid, but she is constantly putting the phones night ring, so she can go walk around (we also refer to her as The Wanderer). But there's not a damn thing any of us can do about it. Everytime someone complains, my boss (whom Fuzz Balls is GREAT friends with), says Fuzzy is just immature, and we should be patient while she learns. Guess what boss, there are 60 minutes in an hour, and my hours here are limited if we don't get rid of this dumb ass."

01:00 AM - Posted by Disgruntled

March 05, 2006

>> Remember, we aren't as TECHNOLOGICAL as you

[ Work ]

Formerly Disgruntled writes...

"I am a former network supervisor and systems administrator. I quit all that and working for sleazy disloyal lawyers to get my real estate license. Until I get real estate really "off the ground", I work part time in the office of a construction company. The other two women there (both full time) have been there forever and do almost everything by hand. We're talking writing deposits in ledger books, purchase orders, the works. Sitting by my desk is a flat bed scanner. It's not plugged in or installed. The software is still bundled with it. They said "oh so and so [former part timer] said those don't work.". I started to install it and they said "don't do that -- you're making trouble." Then they have a fax machine that is a fax/scanner and I said "do we ever scan with it?" "Oh no, why would you do THAT?"

A few months back, inexplicably, they wanted to scan something and because it was in color they bought a brand new, top of the line scanner/fax/color printer. Now that's all well and good but so far they still have never scanned anything. I have scanned a few things and sent them via email to an out of town client from the ONE email account on the ONE computer hooked to the scanner/fax/printer but the others refuse to learn how to do that. Of course, we are not networked in any way so anything I do for someone else has to be put on a disk. Since we already had a color printer and TWO SCANNERS, I maintained all along (to utterly deaf ears, they would literally hear me and then walk away) that we DID NOT actually NEED to buy that for $1,000 even if it IS nice. And, a while back I was approached by the one who considers herself "in charge" (whereas the other one is the boss' wife) to say that all this computer mumbo jumbo of mine was all fine and good since I can do stuff fast but I have to realize they don't know all that stuff so that things like "auto correct" on typos alarm the boss' wife when she uses my computer. Now every night before I leave, I have to go out and rename the "normal.dot" file from Word and replace it with an "out of the box" version so that if Mrs. Boss uses the computer to revise something on my off days no extra tools are on the tool bar and thus it doesn't alarm her(like one that creates an entire work order just by hitting 1 button).

And Mrs. Boss was also apparently upset about the contracts. We do these contract proposals for work and send them out and they have to have this blurb (she calls it a BLURP) on the back about all the terms. You need 3 of them. One for the file and 2 to send out so the customer can keep a copy and return one signed. They would always xerox the stuff on the back (the stuff was fuzzier all the time from repeated generations of xeroxing) and then print on those copies. Rather than worry about that I made a 2 sided form that contains both and I print all 3 copies of one said, flip them and print the other. That is simply incomprehensible. I even put a post it on the front of my monitor for her convenience that lists it step by step how to do that and she is BLOWN AWAY and says that is way too hards so now she retypes them all the old way no matter how complex they are or how much extra typing that makes. Literally the steps are:

Control Ptype a 3ALT EENTER

Put back in the printer and hit

CONTROL ENDControl PType a 3ALT EENTER

I have had her TRY to do it from my computer and she is UNABLE. She says it is impossible to do those commands from the keyboard you HAVE TO use the mouse. I said "well then use the mouse to click it up to 3 copies of the "current" page. Answer "Remember, we aren't as TECHNOLOGICAL as you."

01:00 AM - Posted by Disgruntled

March 04, 2006

>> Oh the Stupidity

[ Boss ]

Mrs. Dalloway writes...

"I work in a small department. There's only a handful of us and we all work on different aspects of our product.

Our boss, we'll call her The Idiot, has a very specific background in one area of our domain. Unfortunately, for her, there is also another person who runs that section of the department. I run another section. The Idiot has ABSOLUTELY no idea what to do with me. She second-guesses everything, generally because she's ignorant about the processes of my area.

So, recently we had a meeting to go over the latest news and interests of our product and how I can best serve it under my area. She gave me a job descriptionI've been working in the same job for 6 years. I don't need a job descriptionThe Idiot might need a job description, but don't foist your insecurities onto me. If you don't know how to manage the various areas of our department you shouldn't have lied your sorry ass into the position.

I honestly have no idea how she managed to be in charge of our group, being that she has a very limited perspective of what the entire department is supposed to accomplish.

OF course we can add on to the fact that she doesn't like to work much, sucks up to the heads and favorites and is overall an immature little basketcase who should just be the stay-at-home mom she wishes she could be.

Since when did corporate America begin to resemble High School where talent means nothing but popularity and insanity is the goal."

01:00 AM - Posted by Disgruntled

March 03, 2006

>> Your Augmented Breasts Are Making You Into A Boob!!!

[ Rant ]

Tangled Up in Boobs writes...

"I now know more than I ever thought I would about the process of breast enhancement surgery. Yes, amid my busy schedule and piles of work I must hear all about the pain, the tingles, the inability to sleep on one's back. One of my co-workers, formerly flat as a board, now boasts DD's and looks like tits on a stick. "I don't want anyone looking at me!" she exclaims, as she bops down the road in a tube top. OK, fine. You never had breasts. Now you have them. Enjoy them in good health. Could you just stay off the phone for five minutes and do some work instead of letting the entire office learn about the importance of the manufacturer's warranty? What the heck are those things, white walls? And in case you think it's jealousy that makes me cringe at this display of boobmanship, I must admit that I have been blessed with a fine "rack" of my own, although not quite as perky in a tube top and without a warranty."

01:00 AM - Posted by Disgruntled

March 02, 2006

>> Covert nasty coworker

[ Rant ]

tempagentugh writes...

"Well luckily for me, I'm only a temp agent working in the mail room for another week! When I first started this job, my trainer(who's only been at the company for 8 months) was nice during my first day of training. Next day, I have to do both our work since she calls in sick(just a sore throat!)-well I came down(during those same days) with a really bad flu(with symptoms of sensitive eyes,sore throat,fever,bad cough) yet she whined and complained how worse she had it(poor baby). Well that was thursday she took off, come Monday(the busiest day of the week)I am not only new(having three days of working in the mail room)I'm STILL really sick yet SHE takes off that day, and Tuesday, and wednesday and yet I'm left to take over!! OMG It takes her manager telling her to get her butt into work before she bothers to come to the office!

I tell you, I don't know which was worse, working a job I had little training in mostly by myself, or working with this lady! She spends most of her day sitting on her ass,making personal phone calls, checking emails or writing them several times a day, talking to our other coworker(s) about the latest t.v shows and movies or just sitting there shooting me dirty looks while I take on most of her work! I'm currently a replacement until the company hires a full time employee, but c'mon this lady thinks I'm there to do her work so she can dwaddle and get paid to do nothing!! If that's not bad, she also rants about the manager(because the manager knows how much of a lazy f*ck she is!)and if she isn't ranting about the manager all the time, she's whispering about other people in other departments..or again shooting me looks of "you're a lazy shitty worker" Today was the final straw...she starts talking about this other person who works fast and makes WAY too many mistakes(while she's looking at me may I add),meanwhile she claims how going slower decreases mistakes, and well obviously she's a FANTASTIC employee being so perfect and all...yet being the more hard working and mature individual, I bite my tongue, refuse to comment how many of HER mistakes I've caught since SHE came back to work and carry on doing "our" jobs! I've had enough, and after talking with the agency who put me in this office, I am going to talk to the manager(who I absolutely adore!) about this woman's attitude towards me-obviously being the new person I've been voted her number one person to pick on, but that's ALL gonna change...I think I'll let my immaturity slip out during the day, whisper to our coworker when SHE'S sitting there, rant about lazy coworkers, stare at her monitor while she's emailing, listen in to her phone conversations...ohh the fun I will have"

01:00 AM - Posted by Disgruntled

March 01, 2006

>> Unbelievable But True

[ Boss ]

Stukanov writes...

"I have about 15 years employment in a heavy industry industrial enterprise. The company has been in business since the 1920s. It is a foundry in the Midwest. Employs at most 110 people. We supply castings of various metals ductile metal, grey cast iron and chrome and a steel alloy...among others. We are now closing.

Early on in my employment I made the public statement that our rejection rate was too high....since we had scrap litterally all over the place... I was subsequently restricted from all overtime for about a year... And believe me, this cost, since at that time we were a 6 day operation...

It turned out that the plant superintendent fled the Italian Mafia from Italy and was illiterit in English. And this in turn explained why so much of our production did not meet customer spec... he wanted to hide his illiteracy and therefore quasi-randomly built jobs with different metals. For instance, if the customer wanted a part made of chrome, maybe they would get ductile metal or cast iron! And the overt scrap he would bury in our large lot with a bobcat to hide it from the ownerOne time one of our customers wanted to test our metal. So the Superintendent reached over, grabbed a random hunk of metal and gave it to the guy. The customer just stood there stunned... frozen motionless....solid like! You need a specially formed block to test the metal and it was obvious to the customer the Super had no idea of thisSo the Super had to work with another fellow -- the New Generation -- who in due time got him (the Super) fired for incompetance.

But the owner then promoted someone else. This fellow was a dry drunk (and Im telling you the honest to God truth) who believed there was a worldwide conspiracy among University engineering graduates to not disclose how popular grades of metal are made! Yes-- he had come upon the secret of how to make metals, but this was estoric knowledge and he was not telling! Further he bragged he was drunk when he took his inservice but he "passed"....And so over time he became more necessary to the plant, since no one else had a clue how to alloy our metals....

At the same time our customers began to demand more from us. They really did want their metal tested by us . And they really did want their metal tested by an third party. And they even wanted their product on time and not 3 months late...

And so as I slowly climbed the ranks, I would talk to my buddies and we would say "If the Old Man ever sells, the New Owner is going to clean house! He's going to demand results! These guys will be finished!"

So the owner did sell. And it just so happened I was working on a job....and on the day the job was to be shipped I was working on it frantically, trying to get it through finishing and on to our shipping department. And it became my "privelage" to chair the production meeting. And so after all the lower level topics had been delt with, I suggested we plan ahead further, to try to finish jobs at least 3 days to one week before shipment. Pandemonium broke out!I had five people screaming the job had been, repeat had been finished days ahead of shipment. This included the Quality/Safety Manager(10th grade drop out, gang leader), Foreman One (simply mental- really), and Foreman Two(who has to be a business genius because his father is a multimillionaire).

So the New Owner brings in an MBA to run the place. I think NOW! NOW! Now we're going to be on track! These guys are going to get it finally! And we're going to have an honest to God textbook case companyTh Old Super is fired and we hire a genuine mettallurgist. Wow improvement! Its startingSo I tell the MBA-- we should run the place like Nucor Steel-- small teams, high incentive pay, high moral, low unit cost....profitability through the roof! This recipe is in business literature since at least 1987! 1987! Tom Peters- Chaos, 1987And what does the MBA do? Promotes the High School drop out gang leader to Super.

Sides with the Super, the mental and industrialist wanna be, cuts wages, talented productive people quit, introduces new techology which no one knows how to operate profitably (training too shallow), hires Zombies at minimum wage, looses a cool half million every year, we are up to one year late on orders, customers are furious at us --- loosing their businesses ---- and now we are cratered! We are now a real estate investment! End of story"

01:00 AM - Posted by Disgruntled