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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 299868" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>It sounds like your boss got some very good advice and then decided not to follow it! Ahhhh, such is the lot of those of us considered to be 'support staff'. I'll tell you ... if THEY all stayed home one day, WE could run the place (and often do)! But if WE all stayed home one day, they'd be in very deep doo-doo! Your work will double and triple but you see none of the rewards because what you do is not appreciated.</p><p> </p><p>It sounds like this consultant was very insightful - I wish she'd spend a few days with us! And she is very correct that, just because someone is successful doing their own job, does NOT mean that they will be just as successful as a manager. That is an entirely different thing, a whole different mindset. One boss back, we had a woman who was technically a very good accountant. Almost too good, she was such a stickler. If they had asked her to give up her Christmas holidays to look for a one-penny difference in something, she would have done it! She would have been excellent if she was working for someone else. But as a manager, she was absolutely the worst, the most demoralizing, rigid, hateful supervisor we have ever had! She had absolutely no idea how to manage and get along with other people. She redid everybody elses figures (people who have been there 30 years!) because she trusted no one but herself. She publicly berated people in staff meetings and refused to listen to anyone. Luck for us, she stayed home several days a week because she was hung over - really! But would they get rid of her? Of course not! It's too hard to fill that position, whereas people like us (they think) are a dime a dozen! She finally ended up doing herself in (job-wise) ... and the very first day she was gone, it was a whole different atmosphere, like the clouds had rolled away and the sun had come out! People were happy again and chatting pleasantly among themselves - like venturing outside and meeting up after a bad storm!</p><p> </p><p>And being treated like that is SO demoralizing! It's almost a joke where I work that the higher the paycheck, the less they actually do, especially the long-time employees. The reigning champion collected his fat check every month and did virtually nothing but wander around telling stories and joking around. When he finally retired, the second in line took his place. This guy has to literally scrounge for things to do to look busy! Last week one of the inmates was on a riding mower cutting grass in front of the admin. building. And where was Mr. Fat Paycheck? He was (I SWEAR!) on a golf cart, following right behind the inmate on the lawn mower ... back and forth ... back and forth ... back and forth!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 299868, member: 1883"] It sounds like your boss got some very good advice and then decided not to follow it! Ahhhh, such is the lot of those of us considered to be 'support staff'. I'll tell you ... if THEY all stayed home one day, WE could run the place (and often do)! But if WE all stayed home one day, they'd be in very deep doo-doo! Your work will double and triple but you see none of the rewards because what you do is not appreciated. It sounds like this consultant was very insightful - I wish she'd spend a few days with us! And she is very correct that, just because someone is successful doing their own job, does NOT mean that they will be just as successful as a manager. That is an entirely different thing, a whole different mindset. One boss back, we had a woman who was technically a very good accountant. Almost too good, she was such a stickler. If they had asked her to give up her Christmas holidays to look for a one-penny difference in something, she would have done it! She would have been excellent if she was working for someone else. But as a manager, she was absolutely the worst, the most demoralizing, rigid, hateful supervisor we have ever had! She had absolutely no idea how to manage and get along with other people. She redid everybody elses figures (people who have been there 30 years!) because she trusted no one but herself. She publicly berated people in staff meetings and refused to listen to anyone. Luck for us, she stayed home several days a week because she was hung over - really! But would they get rid of her? Of course not! It's too hard to fill that position, whereas people like us (they think) are a dime a dozen! She finally ended up doing herself in (job-wise) ... and the very first day she was gone, it was a whole different atmosphere, like the clouds had rolled away and the sun had come out! People were happy again and chatting pleasantly among themselves - like venturing outside and meeting up after a bad storm! And being treated like that is SO demoralizing! It's almost a joke where I work that the higher the paycheck, the less they actually do, especially the long-time employees. The reigning champion collected his fat check every month and did virtually nothing but wander around telling stories and joking around. When he finally retired, the second in line took his place. This guy has to literally scrounge for things to do to look busy! Last week one of the inmates was on a riding mower cutting grass in front of the admin. building. And where was Mr. Fat Paycheck? He was (I SWEAR!) on a golf cart, following right behind the inmate on the lawn mower ... back and forth ... back and forth ... back and forth! [/QUOTE]
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