Its depressing how common bad office culture is

[CWO]

I hope to never work for a company that has more than 49 employees.

[32vfromhell]

Lol at the number of SVPs And VPs. Some companies throw that title out like candy...it's like those Joe blows that start an LLC and give their self the title of CEO thinking they'll somehow move into a c level position at a major employer.

Yeah, its all part of the game to try to entice new talent to join, as long as the title matches their expectations, not that the title will ever match the actual job.

In the past, a director-level position did no day-to-day ops, but focused entirely on management of his or her team's output, forecasting, strategic planning, and controlling overruns, but nowadays a director level position will be no different than your average worker bee. I should know, i was a "sales director" in charge of 3 employees: Me, myself, and I

[32vfromhell]

You just need to align yourself with the cross-functional synergy they are aiming to integrate. It's a paradigm shift... keep yourself apprised of the changing tide and develop a robust skillset and see the situation from a 50,000 ft view.

" Are we in alignment? Make sure to bring up the directives on the S-Com. I'll set up the bridge so we can do a quick Q&R"

[Baron Von Crowder]

Yeah, its all part of the game to try to entice new talent to join, as long as the title matches their expectations, not that the title will ever match the actual job.

In the past, a director-level position did no day-to-day ops, but focused entirely on management of his or her team's output, forecasting, strategic planning, and controlling overruns, but nowadays a director level position will be no different than your average worker bee. I should know, i was a "sales director" in charge of 3 employees: Me, myself, and I

LOL when I was on the parts counter at a dealership, any employee on salary had to have a management title. Since we were salary + commission, we all had to make up titles to keep the salary going. We all laughed about it, since it was the dumbest thing ever.

[Sean88gt]

You just need to align yourself with the cross-functional synergy they are aiming to integrate. It's a paradigm shift... keep yourself apprised of the changing tide and develop a robust skillset and see the situation from a 50,000 ft view.

Ha! When you start believing that, you've been there too long.

Justifiable for any company. Better than firing people...

Bullshit. For a company that turns $57 billion in revenue, there are better ways to cut $40k, instead of destroying employee morale.

[Strychnine]

Ha! When you start believing that, you've been there too long. need to go shoot yourself in a conference room.

Fixed.

[Silverback]

Right around the time it went private?

about a year before

[scootro]

do you all have t-shirt and jeans day Fridays? i had a corporate job that had Hawaiian shirt Wednesdays!!! i hated that fucking job

[Sean88gt]

Fixed.

True, if you're aware of what you've become.

[Ruffdaddy]

It's Dell. We can afford coffee

Ha! When you start believing that, you've been there too long.


Bullshit. For a company that turns $57 billion in revenue, there are better ways to cut $40k, instead of destroying employee morale.

You guys have apparently never heard of lean! I would rather have an extra admin over free coffee.

And if free utensils and coffee make up the employees morale...there are bigger issues. I've been through cuts and fat spending both...as long as I keep getting checks, patent bonuses and merit based awards...I'm motivated.

[Nate]

Lean Sig Sigma Certified Green Belt here...

-__________________- God I hate when the "SVP" who loves to throw out "Let's have a Kaizen"

[Binky]

You guys have apparently never heard of lean! I would rather have an extra admin over free coffee.

And if free utensils and coffee make up the employees morale...there are bigger issues. I've been through cuts and fat spending both...as long as I keep getting checks, patent bonuses and merit based awards...I'm motivated.

It has nothing to do with saving money for payroll or to keep headcount.

Had one guy who complained a little too loud about being bored because he didn't have enough to do.



*blammo* Now he has been freed up to find something.

[jakesford]

What kills me is seeing the "new initiatives" that roll out. You know the firm just paid some consultants $XXX Millions to implement a new tool or process, that really doesn't improve anything and is replaced in 2 years. Or they are determined to make it work, so after about 24 software versions (after going live), they kind of sorta haphazardly make it work.

I've been in a management roll in the firm I'm with for awhile and its really funny. I work with a bunch of smart people but you have the corporate cool-aide drinkers that can't see the forest for the trees. They just blindly adopt something without asking if it makes sense for the team/office/project etc. If it doesn't increase efficiency or add transparency then why do it.

[347Mike]

You guys have apparently never heard of lean! I would rather have an extra admin over free coffee.

And if free utensils and coffee make up the employees morale...there are bigger issues. I've been through cuts and fat spending both...as long as I keep getting checks, patent bonuses and merit based awards...I'm motivated.

Yeah, but that rarely happens.

My company did the same thing, our one office (200~ employees) were spending $35,000 on coffee. We didn't get an admin though, we actually RIF'd people.

I understand the company profit vs different orgs and the amount of revenue they generate. My company posts large profits most of the time but my org specifically of 20,000 people is definitely not the bread and butter of the company, so we pay.

We pay to the point I for the first time in nearly 8 years have started looking elsewhere.

[YALE]

Justifiable for any company. Better than firing people...

Not when they're giving themselves bigger salary increases than they are saving.