The Goat Pen

eCat wrote:for you guys in the corporate world

if your organization, team or even as an individual is clearly under performing - say to the extent you have -75% margin - when the big bosses fly you in for a meeting from around the nation, bring in the entire management team to train you, and they come to you and say "we want you review our processes and use the tools we have for forecasting because everyone else is doing quite well", they aren't really interested in hearing about how the tool sucks and that's why you aren't using it.

I was in a meeting with 26 people yesterday. 3 of them I suspect will not be employed by end of next week because of the stupid statements they made during this meeting.

I'm only posting this because I'm constantly amazed a how clueless people really are in managing their career. One of the guys said something to the effect of "sell me on why doing this is (a process to accurately forecast revenue) is worth my time" to our V.P.. The V.P. made eye contact with me when the guy finished his sentence, I'm sure I had a look like this on my face



it was especially difficult because this group of 26 people were responsible for an organization of about 800 people losing roughly 20% of their quarterly bonus.

In the past I've posted things like this and that was usually Crow's opportunity to come on here, call me a giant pussy for not telling the bosses to go fuck themselves and then insult my manhood, questioning how I could even satisfy a woman.


I miss that worthless son of a bitch

Professor Tiger wrote:You guys are lucky you are managers in the corporate world, and not in government. You can fire underperformers and backtalkers, and they're gone immediately.

In federal government, managers can't fire anybody, including underperformers (which is half the workforce). I've seen subordinates basically say gfy to their bosses, and nothing ever happened. Bosses in federal government must take a LOT of blood pressure medicine.

Saint wrote:Lord, AA would fire me every week for my insubordination. Of course, I never get fired because I work harder and produce more and am generally beloved by all in spite of and due to my caustic, ascerbic, sardonic remarks. Then again, I've never worked in a corporate environment. Just small companies where I can get away with shit like that.

eCat wrote:

Saint wrote:Lord, AA would fire me every week for my insubordination. Of course, I never get fired because I work harder and produce more and am generally beloved by all in spite of and due to my caustic, ascerbic, sardonic remarks. Then again, I've never worked in a corporate environment. Just small companies where I can get away with shit like that.

Those 26 people probably have an average salary of $130K. They don't get much rope when it comes to being caustic in the work place

Saint wrote:Is that the kind of hot (Britney Spears-ish) but bitchy SIL?