Yes, let’s add to the list: micromanaging. That has always irked me to almost no end. My griping about it in the past has gotten me into trouble with the powers that be. Give me the tools and goals to do the job, the get the hell and stay the hell out of the way.
There is a reason that I’m not in the corporate world.
One of the most destructive management buzzwords because of exactly that use of it. Accountability should be baked into the culture, not used as a blunt instrument.
The funny thing is that the top performers here have always functioned that way. We need to have a very entrepreneurial mindset to succeed in this role, and that generally involves taking the tools we need and running with them in a unique way that works for us and our clients in order to hit our goals.
This new leadership group that came in are all from the “big tech” world and their highest priority is standardizing every. single. process. across the board. Which means that I - with a well-established, multi-million dollar book of business that I’ve been working for 20 years - will now be expected to be accountable to the exact same day-to-day prospecting and business development activities as the brand new junior salesperson who is just starting out and has no existing clients. They basically chucked a ton of busywork that won’t actually do anything to drive business onto my plate with the unspoken threat of “we’ll be watching and you’ll be in trouble if you don’t do all this stuff”. Uh, no thanks.
If they want a bunch of junior salespeople that will march in time and simply check all of the assigned day-to-day boxes, then they should go hire those people. If they want an established, proven salesperson to continue to build the third largest sales territory in the entire company, then they need to quit with all this micromanagement bullsh*t.
/rant off
Good luck with the new powers that be. Hopefully they learn not to screw around too much with what has worked. It may also do them good to remember that folks don’t usually quit jobs, they quit managers. Standardization can only go so far. People don’t really fit into cookie cutter molds very well.
The moment a department is looked at as a bunch of cogs that are replaceable by ‘just following the process’ is the moment when performance (and engagement) drop, especially those that have found the secret sauce to making it work and playing to their strengths. Rather than learning and borrowing best practices, they treat things like a case study in B-school or think they are smarter than the boots on the ground with a start-up mentality and think their transformation will boost everything, including their bonuses.
In my experience, management is always wanting to reorganize. If for no other purpose to make it look like they are in charge. To me, any time you reorganize, it is admitting that the previous organization was a failure.
I realize Newbomb hates management, but Geez!
Que cochino!
My concern is that this is the new normal and despite your talent and professionalism, it might be hard to find another company without the same mechanisms in place.
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Good luck with the new powers that be. Hopefully they learn not to screw around too much with what has worked. It may also do them good to remember that folks don’t usually quit jobs, they quit managers. Standardization can only go so far. People don’t really fit into cookie cutter molds
Until people decide they have value beyond any quantitative metric, and management realizes people are not interchangeable, quantifiable parts, this micromanagement ridiculousness will only get worse.
The only silver lining is such silliness will only speed up the timeline for the company’s ultimate demise.
Very true. These days, most companies just want cogs that do what they’re told and don’t deviate, even if it generates better results. Makes them much easier to replace when (not if) they decide to.
If I didn’t need the insurance, I’d probably just retire now. Stupid American healthcare system…which a whole ‘nother overflowing bucket of pet peeves.
One of the biggest issues. Management tends to think that the bell shaped curves apply to departments of less than 10 people. “Therefore at least two of the people are not performing”
Yes, when the bell curve is meant for everyone, and the people not performing are the ones you never hired - the bottom of the curve …
If you don’t have much income (retired, not too much capital gains, dividends, etc.), you can get pretty cheap insurance through the market (AMA aka Obamacare). The less you make, the less you pay, even with assets (based on income, not assets). Of course, then when 65 eventually roles around, you get Medicare.
Less about cost and more about pretty specific and unique medical issues for Mrs. SkinyUte that I have to be very careful about throwing any potential wrenches into. I haven’t done much research though, so I probably need to get looking at that.
Of course, ACA may also disappear shortly so…
Unless we no longer do…
" Obama Care is a complete disaster “…5 minutes later " Many people dont know, but I saved Obama Care”
Different pet peeve. Why do places offer great deals if you order on line, but not offer the same deal if you order when you get to the store?
Was just at Subway, their add said $12.99 for two footlongs. I go to the store and they tell me that I had to order it on line to get that deal. WTF?
So they can track you and sell your data.
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And the censorship of the word here…
Pretty much every service and business in America right after I decide I like their products