Its depressing how common bad office culture is

[32vfromhell]

Welcome to every company on the fucking planet. You really think it's different at other places?

I've worked in advertising agencies for about half my career. They hire college grads and give them VP titles so "they have some leverage with their client." Very funny, especially when you see a 23yr old douchebag strut his shit around the halls after leasing his first C-class Benz.

Ha! No joking about that! Well, i was looking for hearing about similar experiences mainly. I have worked at a number of places so far in my career path, some had different problems, but this is the most schizophrenic out of all of them, and at the same time the most satisfying job I have had with a lot of fun challenges to keep you thinking and growing. Doesnt mean the company isnt a bit 'tarded.

I love how one of our core values they keep cramming down our throats is "We prepare thoroughly for every meeting" when the reality is we race from conference room to conference room, meeting to meeting, all day. The whole idea that "preparing thoroughly for every meeting" is part of our "culture" is laughable. So many companies like mine think because you put a mission statement on a wall, that that is your culture. Its such a token piece of bullshit that is openly mocked. Our culture is the complete opposite of rush from meeting to meetings, hope you remember which client this new meeting is for, wing it, and pray.

I have yet to mix up a client, but our Project Managers have done it on quite a few occasions, to their shame and our hilarity.

We have had a few people come in and bravely try to change the culture, but management is so indifferent that any dreams to change the culture get utterly squashed.

We just had a conference call last week that reviewed a company wide survey on how we felt about management, and it was pretty amusing seeing the response from our Chief of HR:

"74% of you feel that your compensation packages are not up to standards....wow...well...this certainly is a surprise to us here in HR, as we rigorously evaluate each position for its worth when deciding compensation".

The whole office busted out laughing. Thank god our senior management wasnt in the office, but we felt pretty safe, considering it was before 10am.

[bcoop]

I like the company 737 best. You can stretch out and really get some thinking done. The G550 sucks because when you hit turbulence sometimes you spill your drink.

lol

[32vfromhell]

Depends on what level of the public sector you're in. I haven't noticed much superfluous bullshit at all in small and medium cities compared to the bitching I see from friends in the private side.

Eh, my bitching usually is around the absolutely mentally damaged things publicly traded companies will do to show quarterly revenue growth, making some of the worst decisions possible to creatively slot costs, revenue into their perfect cubbyholes, etc.

We have breached SLA's to avoid putting releases in the "wrong" quarter, waiting to put them out in the "right" quarter, for example.

[Baron Von Crowder]

Eh, my bitching usually is around the absolutely mentally damaged things publicly traded companies will do to show quarterly revenue growth, making some of the worst decisions possible to creatively slot costs, revenue into their perfect cubbyholes, etc.

We have breached SLA's to avoid putting releases in the "wrong" quarter, waiting to put them out in the "right" quarter, for example.

I honestly think we are about to be sold, there have been things done that only make sense if you are trying to pad numbers.

[46Tbird]

You may have said already, but how many employees do you have?

72 here in the Dallas office, 302 in NY, 111 in LA, 15 in SF

I couldn't find any info on our international offices. We have offices in Europe, Mexico, and South America (50 offices in 30 countries).

[bcoop]

72 here in the Dallas office, 302 in NY, 111 in LA, 15 in SF

Are you still around the corner from me? RC?

[CWO]

72 here in the Dallas office, 302 in NY, 111 in LA, 15 in SF

I couldn't find any info on our international offices. We have offices in Europe, Mexico, and South America.

Damn! Big Tymers! We just opened our second office in Lubbock... today. LOL

[46Tbird]

Are you still around the corner from me? RC?

Yes, but the 'corner' has changed. We're on Beltline south of 635.

[bcoop]

Yes, but the 'corner' has changed. We're on Beltline south of 635.

Let's hit up Coppell Deli for lunch one day.

[Silverback]

I like the company 737 best. You can stretch out and really get some thinking done. The G550 sucks because when you hit turbulence sometimes you spill your drink.

they are kicking us to the curb in December. Guess I need to come down there and do lunch before then

[46Tbird]

Let's hit up Coppell Deli for lunch one day.

Sounds good man, just give me a heads up.

they are kicking us to the curb in December. Guess I need to come down there and do lunch before then

Really?

[8mpg]

I'm telling you, stay sub 50 and you're fine. Anyone want a Macallan 12 while I'm up? BRB

this is a "special" company run by a couple awesome guys who can surprisingly do well in a niche market.

[Broncojohnny]

they are kicking us to the curb in December. Guess I need to come down there and do lunch before then

We are ditching Dell? You should come down here and work, we can run the trail at lunch.

[Silverback]

Sounds good man, just give me a heads up.


Really?

Hillwood is. The Perot Family invested in a little company called GuideIT. I guess they are taking over the IT services for Hillwood.

[Silverback]

We are ditching Dell? You should come down here and work, we can run the trail at lunch.

Tell Jr to get me a Sr. Management gig down there, I'll put on my best Brooks Brothers suit and conservative power tie everyday!