FreeRadikal
Shared on Fri, 10/19/2012 - 08:08I’ve been reading a book about operations improvement. Empower your resource. Empower your work force, inspire people. I feel I have been trained to focus on the dollars, which are the end result. Unless you are in tune with the entire process, you will not be able to improve your system. I also have become aware of my relationship with my boss. I want a mentor and a teacher, a guide not a father figure. The whole presumption that I do this task because my boss orders me to do it no longer motivates me. I motivate myself and I alone am responsible for moving my hands and completing tasks. I don’t think that anyone is all that different, I was hired to do a task and I’m not holding out because I am lazy. I’m my own person, not some mindless robot that blurts out beeps and blots. I just want to know what is expected of me, I want the appropriate training and resources to operate in an efficient manner. If I don’t get what I need, I ask for it. I am tired of being ignored. I am tired of being grumbled at. I am tired of being in a role that is not defined. I am tired of receiving no training. I cannot do the best I can for my company if I am not given what I need. I am left saddened. I am left depressed. I feel trivialized. I feel ignored. I feel taken for granted. There is no investment in me and I feel that the longer I say here the more my career is put in a neutral gear maybe in reverse.
I am frustrated because I am right below the top and while I speak frankly I am ignored. We are a reactive institution. The company is doing very well, but I am not. I just can’t get them to understand me and what I want. They will not change, even as the market and the world is rapidly changing about them. I was going to write something weird and funny this morning but this is all I think about right now so this is all I got.
I did think this morning though, that I would not want to squirt toothpaste up my ass.
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Submitted by Oldschool 2o4f on Fri, 10/19/2012 - 09:28
My first responsive thought was "mint flavored?" But it looks like subconciously you're wanting to bleach your ass? Are you in the film industry?
Seriously, you're hitting all the symptoms of poor management, literally, not figuratively. I was taught at an early age, before I was "employable" that management truly is there to serve the people you're responible for. In simpler words, to make their jobs easier, more efficient, more productive.
A lot of what I'm hearing from you sounds like oldschool management, and a lot of companies have moved on and subsequently are moving up.
I'm in Quality and one of my most useful "tools" as it were is the relationship I have with the people out on the floor. They see their aspect of the work every day, they notice things that aren't normal, even if they aren't hugely affecting their job, and with our rapport, they pass these on to me, and I'm able to make use of fist hand information directly off the lines that may show trends or affect someone further down the process. It's invaluable, and part of it's empowering them to know they can say something, and feel comfortable doing so. Even if it's nothing, I always thak them for mentioning it, and compliment them on their powers of observation. If it dies turn out to be something, I let them know it and when I can, let them know what it may have prevented going forward.
I'm fortunate that in my department here we get a lot of support from above and a lot of training not only in technical tools and techniques, but in communcation skills as well.
It sounds like the best thing you could do if it's as walled off as you imply, is to start looking around for something else BEFORE you leave as you'll be in a much better position to bargain going in.
Submitted by FreeRadikal on Fri, 10/19/2012 - 10:47
Thanks for the input, you are old school smart!