mom2rtk
Invented the term "Characterpalooza"
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- Aug 23, 2008
(I haven't worked in 10 years)
I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that you probably did work very hard the last 10 years.
(I haven't worked in 10 years)
I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that you probably did work very hard the last 10 years.
Reading through this thread makes me so grateful that I work at a place that cares about what people accomplish rather than policing everyone like they're children. People that don't add value to the team can easily be managed out without this nonsense. Some of the work environments described sound toxic.
UGH! I have my share of stories from my past work experience (I haven't worked in 10 years), but right now I keep thinking, "I am a hard worker, get to work on time, and do my job! And I am trying to get someone to hire me!"
Try not to stress out, I am confident you will find a job. The traits you mention above sound so simple, yet are not as easy to come by as one would think. There are plenty of people who interview just fine, then you find out that coming to work and doing a good job are not on their priority list.
Agree completely! We do have certain policies that are "cast in stone" and they're not always the most logical, like dress-code, no access to company wi-fi, no personal use of company vehicles are a few that come to mind and are relatively easy to "police". We're pretty flexible on practically everything else though and while we all benefit from that latitude, it does make it much trickier to "draw lines in the sand" with certain employees who seemingly take advantage and/or let their productivity suffer due to their habits (doing the same things that others do while still producing excellent results). I manage 8 staff and 1/2 of them work in the field - I couldn't keep them under my thumb moment-to-moment if I wanted to. The harsh fact is we simply terminate anybody who doesn't consistently meet their production benchmarks over time and the reasons why don't even matter. If someone is not self-disciplined enough to deliver the necessary results, they don't belong in our company.Reading through this thread makes me so grateful that I work at a place that cares about what people accomplish rather than policing everyone like they're children. People that don't add value to the team can easily be managed out without this nonsense. Some of the work environments described sound toxic.
Agree completely! We do have certain policies that are "cast in stone" and they're not always the most logical, like dress-code, no access to company wi-fi, no personal use of company vehicles are a few that come to mind and are relatively easy to "police". We're pretty flexible on practically everything else though and while we all benefit from that latitude, it does make it much trickier to "draw lines in the sand" with certain employees who seemingly take advantage and/or let their productivity suffer due to their habits (doing the same things that others do while still producing excellent results). I manage 8 staff and 1/2 of them work in the field - I couldn't keep them under my thumb moment-to-moment if I wanted to. The harsh fact is we simply terminate anybody who doesn't consistently meet their production benchmarks over time the reasons why don't even matter. If someone is not self-disciplined enough to deliver the necessary results, they don't belong in our company.
I also chuckled at the earlier posts about smoking. This will not be well received and some may even call me a liar, but at my workplace the smokers (who are free to smoke at will outside the building in a designated area) waste WAY less time than the "vape'rs". The undeniable reason is that vape'ing has no "end". A smoker (and I'm one of them) will slip out, light a smoke, smoke it and be done in 5 or 7 minutes. Most (not all) of us go alone, maybe 4 or 5 times a day and have a certain efficiency to the process. Our vape'rs on the other hand, go 4 or 5 times also, but they tend to go in groups and because they are never "done", they easily lose track of time and stay as long as it takes them to finish whatever conversations they're having. For the record, none of this violates any particular policy, so it's never challenged, but it certainly is noticeable.
As I understand it, it's an antiquated policy that throws back to the day when bandwidth limitations resulted in wi-fi traffic slowing down our internet access (or something like that - I'm no IT guy). It's super-lame and nowadays everybody just uses the 3G on their own personal phones for their necessary social-media fix (our desk-top network has most social-media sites blocked). Oh yeah - there's another thing - attempting to "hack" around our firewall without administrator privileges is a policy violation!Why no access to company wifi? I don't think I have ever heard of this one.
As I understand it, it's an antiquated policy that throws back to the day when bandwidth limitations resulted in wi-fi traffic slowing down our internet access (or something like that - I'm no IT guy). It's super-lame and nowadays everybody just uses the 3G on their own personal phones for their necessary social-media fix (our desk-top network has most social-media sites blocked).
We have internet access on our desktops and laptops (behind a pretty restrictive firewall); just can't log on with mobile devices.That really stinks! I don't even think DH's or my jobs would even know. In fact, both of us have to be on company wifi the entire day with company computers. They don't care if we check personal email or surf personal stuff as long as it isn't inappropriate.
The only thing DH has had to watch is surfing for other job openings or emailing his resume from work! He does that at home. Although he no longer wants to change jobs.
We have internet access on our desktops and laptops (behind a pretty restrictive firewall); just can't log on with mobile devices.
Why no access to company wifi? I don't think I have ever heard of this one.
no one cares if you leave in the middle of the day to run an errand, or out for a 4:00 pick me up snack. I take walks around the block all the time