To Hell in a Handbasket
Went out with the princess for our once a week "sanity returns" night. She and I both know without these nights on a fairly regular basis, we would not survive this world.
I told her that I had blogged about EN's plight, and our conversation from there inspired another blog subject, related very closely.
Why do we exhibit integrity in our chosen fields?
It surely isn't because our top administration demonstrates the same on a regular basis.....How many times have you found out about a life altering change in your work status that you KNOW will not work well, LONG AFTER it has already been implemented? One of my favorite comments is, "but they didn't Aks me....", (not a typo). They don't AKS you because the decision was not based on evidence of it's efficacy in solving the problem, it is based on cost savings! ALWAYS. Then, they lie to you about why and how and where, etc, usually beginning the pep rally with "We are SO excited about.....".
These are educated people, mind you, some up to doctorate level. Doctorate level in management, I mean. Supposedly smart people....supposedly VERY smart people. To do my job requires a college degree. So, I am supposedly ALSO a reasonably smart person. I have had some of the psychology classes that they have also attended. I also add to my bag some very important life experience of a personal nature and some even more important experience in the observation of human nature, as we are all different in how we react to any given situation. It is all a matter of perception. The people who DON'T have a college education in my workplace, bring to the table those same OJT experiences that are so very valuable to make the wheels turn at the proper RPM.
Do the "powers that be" ( No caps, you see.), not get that? Obviously not.
Do they also value loyalty in the workplace? Not if it is going to cost them money, or rock their very leaky boats. I work in a "right to work" state, which means I don't have to be part of a union to have a job. But, it also means I don't have anyone to back me up if "they" should decide to fire me, for whatever trumped up reason they choose. And believe me, there are enough snakey people out there who will go to the bosses with just enough truth about any given situation to make them listen. They can, and do, then implement processes to get rid of you based on those minimal truths, without allowing the whole truth to come out, BECAUSE THEY CAN. The snakey people love this, because they think it endears them to the bosses, and it gives them a false sense of power. And some bosses will use these people just like police use a confidential informant, just by dropping hints about what kind of information they would like to elicit. Paranoid? Before you decide this, think back on your own work experiences, and ask yourself if you truely have never seen this method at work.
Think about these examples of their tangible recognition of your loyalty.....Bonuses......holiday parties.....truely individual raises based on performance rather than your "fair" share of the pie once a year.
There is a saying that one AW SH** wipes out a whole lot of attaboys. This is even more true when complete perfection is the only standard, but is used on a situational basis....someone raised sand, and someone has to pay. The sand usually raised by someone who is just venting their overblown egos.
This is all in reference to a business that requires the best you can manage to get, because people's lives are at stake! HOW, I ask you, can we afford to apply the same stupid business tactics and "standards" that office supply stores and lawn care companies can?
Why should we have integrity? Why should we have loyalty? Because we have to look ourselves in the mirror the next day. AND because the people who depend on us to have those things, DEPEND on us to have those things!
When I was growing up, I had a friend who was not the brightest bulb in the box. We had a conversation about a character who lived in our area. He would dress all in black, Bat Masterson-style and just walk the roads all day. Same costume every season, same walk. My friend had also had conversations with this guy, and told me that this guy had multiple college degrees, but was really weird. No job, no goals, no interest in the rest of the world. My friend's comment was, "that book learnin will make you crazy!" I just smiled, and wrote it off to his level of intelligence, rationalizing his lack of education. Now, in hindsight, I'm not so sure. Maybe his bulb wasn't as dim as I had originally thought.
I told her that I had blogged about EN's plight, and our conversation from there inspired another blog subject, related very closely.
Why do we exhibit integrity in our chosen fields?
It surely isn't because our top administration demonstrates the same on a regular basis.....How many times have you found out about a life altering change in your work status that you KNOW will not work well, LONG AFTER it has already been implemented? One of my favorite comments is, "but they didn't Aks me....", (not a typo). They don't AKS you because the decision was not based on evidence of it's efficacy in solving the problem, it is based on cost savings! ALWAYS. Then, they lie to you about why and how and where, etc, usually beginning the pep rally with "We are SO excited about.....".
These are educated people, mind you, some up to doctorate level. Doctorate level in management, I mean. Supposedly smart people....supposedly VERY smart people. To do my job requires a college degree. So, I am supposedly ALSO a reasonably smart person. I have had some of the psychology classes that they have also attended. I also add to my bag some very important life experience of a personal nature and some even more important experience in the observation of human nature, as we are all different in how we react to any given situation. It is all a matter of perception. The people who DON'T have a college education in my workplace, bring to the table those same OJT experiences that are so very valuable to make the wheels turn at the proper RPM.
Do the "powers that be" ( No caps, you see.), not get that? Obviously not.
Do they also value loyalty in the workplace? Not if it is going to cost them money, or rock their very leaky boats. I work in a "right to work" state, which means I don't have to be part of a union to have a job. But, it also means I don't have anyone to back me up if "they" should decide to fire me, for whatever trumped up reason they choose. And believe me, there are enough snakey people out there who will go to the bosses with just enough truth about any given situation to make them listen. They can, and do, then implement processes to get rid of you based on those minimal truths, without allowing the whole truth to come out, BECAUSE THEY CAN. The snakey people love this, because they think it endears them to the bosses, and it gives them a false sense of power. And some bosses will use these people just like police use a confidential informant, just by dropping hints about what kind of information they would like to elicit. Paranoid? Before you decide this, think back on your own work experiences, and ask yourself if you truely have never seen this method at work.
Think about these examples of their tangible recognition of your loyalty.....Bonuses......holiday parties.....truely individual raises based on performance rather than your "fair" share of the pie once a year.
There is a saying that one AW SH** wipes out a whole lot of attaboys. This is even more true when complete perfection is the only standard, but is used on a situational basis....someone raised sand, and someone has to pay. The sand usually raised by someone who is just venting their overblown egos.
This is all in reference to a business that requires the best you can manage to get, because people's lives are at stake! HOW, I ask you, can we afford to apply the same stupid business tactics and "standards" that office supply stores and lawn care companies can?
Why should we have integrity? Why should we have loyalty? Because we have to look ourselves in the mirror the next day. AND because the people who depend on us to have those things, DEPEND on us to have those things!
When I was growing up, I had a friend who was not the brightest bulb in the box. We had a conversation about a character who lived in our area. He would dress all in black, Bat Masterson-style and just walk the roads all day. Same costume every season, same walk. My friend had also had conversations with this guy, and told me that this guy had multiple college degrees, but was really weird. No job, no goals, no interest in the rest of the world. My friend's comment was, "that book learnin will make you crazy!" I just smiled, and wrote it off to his level of intelligence, rationalizing his lack of education. Now, in hindsight, I'm not so sure. Maybe his bulb wasn't as dim as I had originally thought.
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