Corporate stupidity disease

[Richard Wood]

The larger a company is the more stupid it seems to be.

I'm quite lucky in working for a small company without a large

management heirarchy, where everybody can speak to anybody

else more or less on equal terms.

I used to work for a large electronics manufacturer - back when

Britain had such things. There was a huge management chain &

department after department all the way up to the site MD.Beyond the

MD were the mandarins at the head office - almost untouchable.

This large web of control necessitated formal systems & procedures

just to keep the place functioning.

Patronising slogans & 'mission statements' were posted all over the

place.

The impression from all of this was that employees couldn't be trusted

to do a good job through a will to do their best, but that they needed to

be continually cajoled into working.

Some companies might have a 'Company policy', but beware ones

with a 'Mission Statement'.

 

That's that off me chest.

 

 

[Delta Whiskey]

I agree !

[David perry 1]

Slogans? You mean like those stickers we still see everywhere saying "I love chip and pin"?  Do I .... 

 

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