Comments on: What is a good employee http://www.unfetteredblather.com/what-is-a-good-employee/ This is where diatribes go to die Fri, 18 May 2012 07:00:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Advanced Technology Products Interactive » Blog Archive » Knocking the exuberance out of employees http://www.unfetteredblather.com/what-is-a-good-employee/#comment-537 Advanced Technology Products Interactive » Blog Archive » Knocking the exuberance out of employees Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:25:26 +0000 http://www.unfetteredblather.com/what-is-a-good-employee/#comment-537 [...] o’s, running commentary, BrainBasedBusiness,  Sue Pellet, dentalpracticemanagement, Jason “Botswana” Cox, ryanlowe. Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites [...] […] o’s, running commentary, BrainBasedBusiness,  Sue Pellet, dentalpracticemanagement, Jason “Botswana” Cox, ryanlowe. Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites […]

]]> By: David Bauer http://www.unfetteredblather.com/what-is-a-good-employee/#comment-501 David Bauer Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:20:52 +0000 http://www.unfetteredblather.com/what-is-a-good-employee/#comment-501 Frankly, this is blowback from the "management culture" we have created. How many people say they want to be in management because it is "easy". Being a VP, supervisor or manager should be a job for the few and the strong. Manager shouldn't be the easy job, it should be the job the fewest number of people attempt to seek because of the demands it places on it's holder. Companies who want independant thinkers and see new ideas as a way to grow aren't looking for drones, they want a performer. The sad fact is most companies want and encourage drones because they can be bought, measured, charted and graphed for their performance. Once they are useless, they dump them and hire another drone. Drones provide the owners and the powers that be with a secure little workforce that isn't going to push the envelope or challenge the system. You define an employee as an asset, most define them as something to focus on the task at hand through control measures. To be honest, a lot of companies are scared to death of their own employees. There is a laundry list of reasons for this but I suspect some have this paranoid view that an employee that doesn't fit the mold is an employee that is out of hand and out of their control. The proof of this can be found in a single and common statement heard in professional circles: "We feel you are too qualified for this position." Frankly, this is blowback from the “management culture” we have created. How many people say they want to be in management because it is “easy”. Being a VP, supervisor or manager should be a job for the few and the strong.

Manager shouldn’t be the easy job, it should be the job the fewest number of people attempt to seek because of the demands it places on it’s holder.

Companies who want independant thinkers and see new ideas as a way to grow aren’t looking for drones, they want a performer. The sad fact is most companies want and encourage drones because they can be bought, measured, charted and graphed for their performance. Once they are useless, they dump them and hire another drone.

Drones provide the owners and the powers that be with a secure little workforce that isn’t going to push the envelope or challenge the system.

You define an employee as an asset, most define them as something to focus on the task at hand through control measures.

To be honest, a lot of companies are scared to death of their own employees. There is a laundry list of reasons for this but I suspect some have this paranoid view that an employee that doesn’t fit the mold is an employee that is out of hand and out of their control.

The proof of this can be found in a single and common statement heard in professional circles:

“We feel you are too qualified for this position.”

]]> By: David RR Webber http://www.unfetteredblather.com/what-is-a-good-employee/#comment-499 David RR Webber Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:50:41 +0000 http://www.unfetteredblather.com/what-is-a-good-employee/#comment-499 But what really bears this out is those people who most need to read UnfetteredBlather and ponder on the state of "things" are exactly the people who never will, or even if they do, will not dwell on it because they probably do not understand it... I guess the world needs consultants afterall, eh? But what really bears this out is those people who most need to read UnfetteredBlather and ponder on the state of “things” are exactly the people who never will, or even if they do, will not dwell on it because they probably do not understand it…

I guess the world needs consultants afterall, eh?

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