Eh… I’m of a “that happened” mindset. Maybe it’s just me, but I have a hard time believing even a moronic manager couldn’t have foreseen the problem with this edict.
mine sent out an email on a Friday afternoon that we will start using the new time clock system
except she did not provide details on when we would start using it, how to use it, how to book non-project hours, etc
so, yep, there are definitely people who just send things out and don’t think about how it actually works. also people need to clock in using that system, so how are they going to do that if they only are notified about it 20 minutes after they clock in on the old system…
I think of that as effectively a requirement for one to be considered a bad manager. Bouncing ideas off of others who are virtually their clones mentally don’t count, of course.
More to the point: do you REALLY understand how things work yet or are you trying to impose your authority arbitrarily? Are you doing this for yourself or for the organization’s benefit?
If this was real, OP would’ve included the part where the manager threatened to dock the pay, but of course, this is just cliche “creative” writing where every story ends in “happily ever after”
Eh… I’m of a “that happened” mindset. Maybe it’s just me, but I have a hard time believing even a moronic manager couldn’t have foreseen the problem with this edict.
I’ve definitely had a few managers who were this fucking dumb.
mine sent out an email on a Friday afternoon that we will start using the new time clock system
except she did not provide details on when we would start using it, how to use it, how to book non-project hours, etc
so, yep, there are definitely people who just send things out and don’t think about how it actually works. also people need to clock in using that system, so how are they going to do that if they only are notified about it 20 minutes after they clock in on the old system…
Same
Interesting. I didn’t doubt the dumb manager part, but I find it hard to imagine the entire workforce maliciously complied that way.
Getting groups of people to coordinate for their own best interest is harder than it should be…
There are people who never learn to bounce ideas off of other people first.
I think of that as effectively a requirement for one to be considered a bad manager. Bouncing ideas off of others who are virtually their clones mentally don’t count, of course.
More to the point: do you REALLY understand how things work yet or are you trying to impose your authority arbitrarily? Are you doing this for yourself or for the organization’s benefit?
If this was real, OP would’ve included the part where the manager threatened to dock the pay, but of course, this is just cliche “creative” writing where every story ends in “happily ever after”