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I am Here From the Government I am Here to Help You
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There is an old joke or perhaps not such a joke , in these days of President Obama “I am here from the government I am here to help you”.
Beware America – if you thought that the private sector with all it jerk bosses and supervisors was bad…..
The late Ronald Reagan had said that there is nothing more permanent than a government department or institution. Once in place , it is a cancer that grows and grows. Its about “spending your budget”. After all if the budget is not spent it gets taken away. Inefficiencies are of no concern – indeed they are rewarded with further increases in budgets for more staff and support – after all they are needed to improve things . Then due to the larger staff higher pay and benefits are needed for management – with all its enlarged responsibilities and of course for staff members at various levels – as it is necessary to keep “good people”.
America if you think that government can take care of you – lots of luck. Government cannot even sell you a stamp in an efficient pleasant manner or reissue your drivers license , without you thinking that you are in a penitentiary with its prison grey walls and the staff are in no hurry to serve you – as you will there no doubt for a long time.
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You most likely have had the pleasure of “attending” as a “participant” ( willing or not) a sales and motivation session.
After all , business for most is bad if not terrible. Its never a fault of upper management. After all their perks are sacrosanct and given by the creator him or herself.
Many companies are showing increased bottom lines. Yet when financial analysts , evaluate the stock market and business data it seems, that it is not as a result of increased sales , or new product releases onto the marketplace but rather mainly due to staff and staffing reductions
Less people to pay on the office , factory or sales floor , hence revenue minus lower expenses yields a greater bottom line.
Wonderful – if you follow this logic GM and Chrysler must have the greatest management in the world whereas in essence while the bottom line increased steadily on the color graphs and charts the company was cannibalized , new product development and research halted , production reduced , and the best and most experienced staff let go.
If they were working for the company , rather than being on pension at least the firm would get some value for their money. What is left , if any staff are a bunch of innocuous ( to upper management ) “yes men”
Regardless of reality if you are lucky enough to attend the “moonie session” be prepared , regardless of the wordy themes ( building bridges with staff / suppliers , enhanced service levels in 2010, our customers are our future , our staff is most important to our success etc etc) be prepared to a session on “in 2010 you are Going to HAVE TO LEARN TO JUGGLE !”
Here for your benefit is a lesson on the “art of juggling” 101
Step 1 : Cascade ( One Scarf)
Begin with one scarf in your dominant hand. Hold it with your palm down , between your thumb , first and second fingers . The backs of your hands should be visible to you.
With a scooping motion from outside to inside, toss the scarf. It should go across the center line and peak about 8 inches above your head on the opposite side from which you threw it.
Catch it in your subordinate hand with your palm down.
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The online internet auction seller eBay can well serve as a case in point
eBay seems to go out of its way to prove “Who is Boss !” regardless of any of the consequences to its sales , customer relationships and ultimately its bottom line.
On eBay its the sellers who carry the load and pay the tariff – not the buyers by any chance
Listing fees , “final value sale fees” and then a PayPal fee / tax of approximately 4 %
eBay regularly issues updates and edicts to the sellers all tied into 1984 type language of how “we are here to help you”
It apparently target markets new upcoming product revisions and systems extensively – the committees must be deaf , dumb and plain or just plain misinformed and misdirected
Two examples
1) Good news to enhance “transparency” sellers can now only leave positive or no feedback at all whereas the buyer
has the choice of bidding , buying or not trusting a vendor . The seller has no such powers
Yet the buyer can hit the seller with negative feedback
Apparently some sellers were using threat of negative feedback to force or coerce buyers to pay up for what they purchased on . Horrors.
On top of that if a seller http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/feedback-terms.html
2) Recently to enhance the process of non paying bidders , ebay came up with a new streamlined strategy – The Unpaid Item Policy”
Great
Only one problem – the time limit has been conveniently reduced ( quietly) from 45 to 32 days
10 days not to be paid
10 days for the buyer to promise to pay while you wait. If the seller is overly aggressive in requesting payment promptly they may receive a negative comment from the buyer who has not honored their committments
lastly if the seller is dragged on further by the buyer – soon its too late to make the claim
Remember these rules and procedures are all there to help you
You can bet on one thing , eBay will always take its cut regardless right off the top
The seller is left to wonder is this all worth the effort of it all
Ebay can serve as a model of business , your boss and how the same people who ran the old pre-internet “bricks and mortar ” economy into the ground , are now back firmly and place and most likely your new boss or supervisor.
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Its an old refrain of inept management – who indeed are pigs at the trough for their god given perks – to find services and information packages . “This is here to help you – to make you more efficient , productive etc etc.”
All true but the hidden agenda may well be to maintain and enlarge the execs / sales managers / supervisor’s means to get another job in the industry. After all if they are not “experienced” “familiar “ with the alphabet soup of the day their days of promotion to another or better or escape hatch job – while the going is not too bad – are somewhat limited. “Are you experienced with gobbledygook number x 2009 …..No then come back and see us when you are.” Guess which exec or employee pushes for that new computer program / management tool / monitoring program ?
The most amazing part is that once in place , after all the preparation and high priced staff in place to lecture willing or captive employees on the merits of the program , that upper management , supervisors and bosses are totally inept at any simple comprehension of the basis of the whole program and its concepts.
For example on the plane , with plenty of scotch , they may glance over an add in a magazine ( which they borrow off the plane , after all they paid a business class fare) , which states that the “phone is the most underutilized tool of most employees – let your fingers do the walking…” . One may well ask what about the internet and the mouse in this day and age of the year of 2009. At meetings , in interviews and on meetings in the field ( as an observer only there to help) , the exec/ supervisor boss may well spout this phrase incessantly . However at the same time he may well admonish staff for using the phone too much.
Its not a case simply of trying to cause trouble and prove whose boss , of incompetence or even stupidity. People go back to what they “grew up under “ and what they know. Alcoholics or children of alcoholics and dysfunctional homes often go right back to the same behavior they knew and grew up under . Why – they know it works , its rock solid and after all it feels “best”.
In the same way and manner most managers no what the program is , or what the new flavor is – which has been bought or cost a fair amount of money of resources to purchase and implement will always go back to “more of the same “. Count on it. Its a truism of life. Get with the program.
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It can be said that “there are only so many hours in a day”.
Take the case of one hapless employee / drone / slave who attempted to have an intelligent (?) conversation with a manager concerning this manner. The employee in question was a hard working , dedicated individual who saw his role as being productive , to cover the territory so to speak and produce results – and ultimately sales of the firm’s products , profit at the end of the year for the firm and ultimately a personal image for the enterprise in a most competitive industry , in which this particular firm was a pimple , a disturbance among giants to their competitors.
It seemed in retrospect to the victim ( the employee trying to make a simple point ) , that his superior was an abusive individual , on a power trip , coming off a drinking bender. Instead of welcoming the query as a general question by a loyal , hard working employee who he should of been grateful to have , the direct perfect saw it as a direct threat to his authority in the workplace – even though there were no others present in the meeting , or indeed from the company in the town itself.
The boss saw it simply as a threatening case of the “troops starting up”. In essence a direct threat to his person , his power and his prestige in the whole setting , his managerial position ( which of course the underling lived to upsurb and posess).
The agent of managerial power then leapt into a reflex action . ” Lets do a quickie analysis”, be begun . “How much time does an average call to a customer take ?”. When the employee answered that the depended on the individual customer. On top of that paper work had to be done accurately otherwise the employee / firm would be held liable for the cost and price differences directly. Again the manager asked the question – “How long does an average call take ?”. OK then we will give you a certain amount ( totally a low figure devoid of reality and showing no practical experience by the superior what so ever in the real world and with real world customer activities.”. “You are the customer’s door for these specific calls in the morning from 7 am to noon”. We will give you 15 minutes travel time ( average time of any journey generally in the worker’s experience was at least half an hour. On top of the walk from any parking lot – be it a mall or a downtown area from the auto in the parking lot to the customer’s location.. XXX you multiply it out . The manager proudly announced to the underling – “Do you realize that you are % 19.73 per cent efficient.
It was at this point that the subject employee in this fable and noteworthy tale realized that he was simply dealing with idiots. Wjo on earth would promote such a moron, as well as stand behind his harassment of employees , ignore a substance abuse problem. On top of that it the employee was still gainfully employed with such a record – then he should be terminated. If the employee was turning good numbers then the tables should be turned. It should he that person not the supervisor who should conduct meetings and instruct employees on the means and ways of their duties.
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Perks of Management 2 – The Hindu Caste System Comparison
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From time to time the role of management interaction on the sales floor , out on the sales territory, in the field or perhaps on the factory floor is asked for or about. Its a puzzle. Sometimes the answers given vary – positive beneficial effects , core integration , working with or coordinating with customers , fact finding , improving efficiency or morale , “interfacing” , problem solving , core focus groups , “getting down to basics” or “sticking with the knitting”, are given or bantered around as answers to this ongoing question of intrigue.
Yet if the answer was one of finding out what customers wanted or how they wished to be treated was the reason or answer – would not a simple phone call , email or question of the person out on the floor or in the field suffice ? If it is to improve “morale” , then why all the harassment of workers out on the floor, and of having to pretend that they really enjoy the whole procedure and event. Sure it is fun like pulling teeth. If is similar to your local dentist placing a neon sign on his business Dr. so and so dental clinic and “Fun Zone”
In the end it can be said that in the end it is nothing more than power and a power trip. It is all about teaching the underling “”who is boss” , putting them underfoot and underway , reminding them of the perks of management afforded to the superior and that they should “know their place” both in the pecking order of the firm or organization, while in the process obtaining air points and charge card visa / Amex/Mastercard premium points.
It is an amazing thing that most employees function in spite of these evil charades and downright foolishness. What a bunch of morons these management types. It makes the Hindu caste system look good . At least the Hindu Caste system is benevolent to a great degree.
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