Re: IBM's Marissa Mayer moment: Staff ordered to work in one of 6 main offices – or face the axe (2)

2017-02-16 Thread Rugen, Len
I've had the opposite complaint, after pushing each task to where I was waiting on something, I was leaving the office about 3 PM one day and ran into the VP. He questioned why I was leaving when others had to stay to all hours of the night to get their work done. I said something like "I'm so

Re: IBM's Marissa Mayer moment: Staff ordered to work in one of 6 main offices – or face the axe (2)

2017-02-16 Thread Tom Marchant
On Wed, 15 Feb 2017 14:46:10 -0500, Phil Smith III wrote: >John McKown noted: > >>​Lack of loyalty (both ways)​ causes lack of trust. It also, IMO, is why >>some people decide to defraud their employers in various ways. A kind of >>tit-for-tat where the employee "gets back his own" from the compa

Re: IBM's Marissa Mayer moment: Staff ordered to work in one of 6 main offices – or face the axe (2)

2017-02-15 Thread Charles Mills
. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Phil Smith III Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2017 11:46 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM's Marissa Mayer moment: Staff ordered to work in one of 6 main of

Re: IBM's Marissa Mayer moment: Staff ordered to work in one of 6 main offices – or face the axe (2)

2017-02-15 Thread Phil Smith III
John McKown noted: >​Lack of loyalty (both ways)​ causes lack of trust. It also, IMO, is why >some people decide to defraud their employers in various ways. A kind of >tit-for-tat where the employee "gets back his own" from the company. >Simplest example: __consistently__ coming in just a bit l

Re: IBM's Marissa Mayer moment: Staff ordered to work in one of 6 main offices - or face the axe (2)

2017-02-15 Thread John McKown
On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 7:13 AM, scott Ford wrote: > Phil and Charles, > > Amen...loyality and trust are paramount to me. I see a big gap in that area > with some companies > > ​Lack of loyalty (both ways)​ causes lack of trust. It also, IMO, is why some people decide to defraud their employers i

Re: IBM's Marissa Mayer moment: Staff ordered to work in one of 6 main offices - or face the axe (2)

2017-02-15 Thread scott Ford
Phil and Charles, Amen...loyality and trust are paramount to me. I see a big gap in that area with some companies On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 4:28 PM Phil Smith III wrote: > Charles Mills wrote: > > > > >Yep. If you don't have a clue how to judge their accomplishment at least > > you can see if the

Re: IBM's Marissa Mayer moment: Staff ordered to work in one of 6 main offices – or face the axe (2)

2017-02-10 Thread Dana Mitchell
On Thu, 9 Feb 2017 21:55:21 -0500, Steve Smith wrote: >Well, this about a marketing department. There's no way to tell whether >they accomplish anything or not :-). > >sas > More than just marketing: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/09/ibm_workfromhome_cull_companywide/ When the company

Re: IBM's Marissa Mayer moment: Staff ordered to work in one of 6 main offices – or face the axe (2)

2017-02-09 Thread Steve Smith
filling a chair. > > Charles > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of John Mattson > Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2017 9:52 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: IBM's Marissa Mayer moment:

Re: IBM's Marissa Mayer moment: Staff ordered to work in one of 6 main offices - or face the axe (2)

2017-02-09 Thread Phil Smith III
Charles Mills wrote: >Yep. If you don't have a clue how to judge their accomplishment at least you can see if they are filling a chair. There was a rumor last year that the CEO of a large company (not IBM, for once) was walking around remote offices and leaving Post-Its on empty chairs that sa

Re: IBM's Marissa Mayer moment: Staff ordered to work in one of 6 main offices – or face the axe (2)

2017-02-09 Thread Charles Mills
: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM's Marissa Mayer moment: Staff ordered to work in one of 6 main offices – or face the axe (2) Why not admit that management it just not flexible, innovative, smart enough to determine whether their employees are working effectively. I totally vie

Re: IBM's Marissa Mayer moment: Staff ordered to work in one of 6 main offices – or face the axe (2)

2017-02-09 Thread Anthony Hirst
+1 On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 10:52 AM, John Mattson wrote: > Why not admit that management it just not flexible, innovative, smart > enough to determine whether their employees are working effectively. I > totally view this as an admission of management's failure to keep up with > changing technol

Re: IBM's Marissa Mayer moment: Staff ordered to work in one of 6 main offices – or face the axe (2)

2017-02-09 Thread John Mattson
Why not admit that management it just not flexible, innovative, smart enough to determine whether their employees are working effectively. I totally view this as an admission of management's failure to keep up with changing technology and workplace reality. Needless to say, I may not be popular w