Where are all the new girls coming in from?
We need some new blood :) > -----Original Message----- > From: Shawna Hampton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 12:39 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Need Advice > > Run, don't walk. I've been in the same situation as the person not in the > little group, with the manager at the helm of the clique. It's impossible > to > break into it with any kind of dignity left to you, especially when they > start accusing YOU of being anti-social and unfriendly. In my case the > manager thought he was pulling some kind of Sun-Tzu Art of War voodoo -- > isolate the perceived weakest member of the team by cultivating a clique > with other co-workers to ultimately make the whole group stronger. > Whatever. > Crap like that always backfires and creates unnecessary discord that > removes > the focus away from the actual work. It's demoralizing and insulting, but > that's how some managers operate. Everything's about competition, survival > of the fittest, blah, blah, blah. It's bulls***. > > Now, I'm not saying that's necessarily what's going on here, at least not > consciously, buy you've already been given multiple warning signs that > something's afoot -- they're not honoring promises (the flex time), > they're > not giving you the tools you need to succeed (the dev account, the code > editor, the database, and proximity to the rest of the team), they're > creating an atmosphere of them vs. you. It sounds like they're more > interested in "hanging out", cracking jokes, and acting buddy-buddy than > in > working, and, since you have some actual workplace integrity, that bugs > you > and rightly so since you're there to do your job. > > Life's too short to be miserable and, believe me, there are LOTS of places > with interesting work that will open their arms to you and be GLAD to have > you there. > > Shawna E. Hampton > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.revisionsconsulting.net > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:218481 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
