Things that sh*t me the seventeenth

[MrsEddieBetts]

We are introducing a new cultural-change program that teaches people how to cope more effectively with adversity and stress with the aim to prevent trauma symptoms

One of the first things that happened was a confidential survey to all staff and then workshops where management weren’t able to attend and staff were asked questions around management. The feedback effectively was that there were too many “chefs”, they made changes without consultation, the changes were almost always reactive and ineffective and led to a toxic work environment.

That feedback obviously didn’t go down well as we are now only implementing some of the modules - you can guess who it is they won’t be making changes

Defeats the purpose of the entire program but it will look good at accreditation.

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The amount of arguments I've had over surveys is ridiculous - I won't let managers do them unless they commit to a transparent action plan off the back of the results. They want people to 'feel' heard but not actually hear them

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

My six year old had an eye test at school and lied to the optometrist so much (he told them he'd previously had eye patch training, used to wear glasses full time, and now wears them for reading) that I can't work out if his report is accurate or not

 

[MP_]

My six year old had an eye test at school and lied to the optometrist so much (he told them he'd previously had eye patch training, used to wear glasses full time, and now wears them for reading) that I can't work out if his report is accurate or not

My son when 4 memorised all the lines on the eye chart and as a result an eye issue that could have been rectified early never got treated and now he needs glasses.

 

[Frank Bunn]

The amount of arguments I've had over surveys is ridiculous - I won't let managers do them unless they commit to a transparent action plan off the back of the results. They want people to 'feel' heard but not actually hear them

It's a box ticking exercise for senior managers to 'engage with their employees'. When they get panned in the surveys for their shitty behaviour the managers will spin it into 'an opportunity to improve' then sweep it all under the carpet.

 

[Rotayjay]

This talk of North Queensland becoming its own state is unrealistic and just clickbait.

Imagine the shit fight between Cairns and Townsville over which would be the capital. Maybe a Canberra-style compromise would work - call it Queenbra or Cairnsville.

 

[Rotayjay]

It's a box ticking exercise for senior managers to 'engage with their employees'. When they get panned in the surveys for their shitty behaviour the managers will spin it into 'an opportunity to improve' then sweep it all under the carpet.

And it seems to me that getting external consultants to do a report on your organisation is the perfect out. Want to do something unpopular? 'This is what the independent external experts said to do.' Don't want to do it because it's unpopular? 'We won't be implementing that recommendation - it came from external people.'

 

[MP_]

My armpit bee sting still hurts 36 hours later

 

[cats_09]

This talk of North Queensland becoming its own state is unrealistic and just clickbait.

Imagine the s**t fight between Cairns and Townsville over which would be the capital. Maybe a Canberra-style compromise would work - call it Queenbra or Cairnsville.

That talk has been around for decades and it'll continue to get air time for the foreseeable future

 

[raskolnikov]

This talk of North Queensland becoming its own state is unrealistic and just clickbait.

Imagine the s**t fight between Cairns and Townsville over which would be the capital. Maybe a Canberra-style compromise would work - call it Queenbra or Cairnsville.

Innisfail

 

[raskolnikov]

 

[cats_09]

Innisfail

My aunt would probably be happy with that as she’s use it as a new reason for me to go visit them up North - so far that’s something I’ve managed to avoid, but if the home town is the new “North Qld” capital, then it’ll be added to guilt trip of when am I going to visit…

 

[burge13]

It's a box ticking exercise for senior managers to 'engage with their employees'. When they get panned in the surveys for their shitty behaviour the managers will spin it into 'an opportunity to improve' then sweep it all under the carpet.

A hospital network I worked for did an 'employee satisfaction survey'. Judged wellbeing, development, trust in leadership etc

Department I worked in scored so poorly, worst of all departments from memory. They panicked and followed up with another survey of what they could do to improve. answers were all pretty similar

Work flexibility ie allow more WFH
Less nepotism (they created roles for a lot of their friends who were useless)
Less micromanagement
More development opportunity

The directors answer to this feedback? Set up mandatory 'wellness sessions' run via Teams where people mediated, led by the OH&S dude. It was comedy

"Oh you feel overworked, here's a mandatory 1 hour session during work time to take you away from your work". Just brilliant stuff

 

[Hamingja]

A hospital network I worked for did an 'employee satisfaction survey'. Judged wellbeing, development, trust in leadership etc

Department I worked in scored so poorly, worst of all departments from memory. They panicked and followed up with another survey of what they could do to improve. answers were all pretty similar

It was similar in my last job. Our section of the business was the lowest in the group. They had a big percentage of people on fixed term contracts. Their rule of thumb was that people had to be on fixed term contracts for 4 years before they made people permanent full time.

People obviously complained about that on the survey. So what they did was make everyone that had been on contract for 2 years or more permanent and said that once other people get to 2 years they will automatically move to full time if they are hitting their targets.

Result was that made people happy so they got a good score on the next survey.

When it first happened I was only at the business for 12 months. 12 months on when my group had been at the business for 2 years and it was time to make us all permanent they reneged on it.

Then to rub it in they changed the survey from annual to every two years so they got to rest on their good score from the year before for another 12 months.

Absolute campaigners.

 

[Gralin]

My work seems to like handing out redundancies just before the annual satisfaction survey then get upset when the results are bad.

Then they waste everyone's time for months "listening to feedback" and then telling us they listened

But they don't do anything

 

[Beerfish]

Listening is something

 

[Gralin]

Listening is something

Lol no

 

[Over The Post]

25 years of service at IBM is a big thing. (Or it used to be.)

Colleague of mine was getting all revved up, as we all were, as the big day approached. Celebrations, dinner, selection of gifts from the company, etc etc.

He was made redundant with no notice 6 weeks from his 25th anniversary.

 

[burge13]

Morale in the workplace is the lowest I've ever seen (anecdotally obviously). From what I've seen the last 12-18 months to what I hear through friends and read, barely anyone seems to be actually happy at work.

I think overall people are really noticing you're just a number so no one cares. From the bottom up everyone knows you're just there for the cheque, you're not mates at work you just happen to sit next to one another, there's barely any lunches or after work drinks etc. People only care about themselves rather than their teams has been a big shift imo.

No idea if people feel the same but I think back a decade and we had more flexibility (pub lunches, early knock offs, no one cared about start/finish times, you just did what you needed to etc), management were actual managers not just people who got to the position through nepotism/longevity, people treated one another better. Is this common? Really don't think people are as happy anymore at work but maybe I've just had a bad trot of agencies to join lol

 

[Beerfish]

Listening is something

Seems my sarcasm was too unobvious.

 

[Gralin]

Seems my sarcasm was too unobvious.

Needed the orange font

 

[eddiesmith]

Morale in the workplace is the lowest I've ever seen (anecdotally obviously). From what I've seen the last 12-18 months to what I hear through friends and read, barely anyone seems to be actually happy at work.

I think overall people are really noticing you're just a number so no one cares. From the bottom up everyone knows you're just there for the cheque, you're not mates at work you just happen to sit next to one another, there's barely any lunches or after work drinks etc. People only care about themselves rather than their teams has been a big shift imo.

No idea if people feel the same but I think back a decade and we had more flexibility (pub lunches, early knock offs, no one cared about start/finish times, you just did what you needed to etc), management were actual managers not just people who got to the position through nepotism/longevity, people treated one another better. Is this common? Really don't think people are as happy anymore at work but maybe I've just had a bad trot of agencies to join lol

It's really interesting as I noticed the same thing from my last 2 workplaces.

Both have had high turnover, and everyone says the same thing, but the managers remain the same so people come and go. Even heard that someone who went for my last job was actually very happy to miss out when they realised who the manager was.

But my current workplace is so different, they all get together for morning tea, afternoon tea and lunch. They socialise outside the workplace; people are flexible with hours, and everyone is happy.

The ironic thing is all 3 workplaces are within the same organisation.

 

[mr bagcroft]

Morale in the workplace is the lowest I've ever seen (anecdotally obviously). From what I've seen the last 12-18 months to what I hear through friends and read, barely anyone seems to be actually happy at work.

I think overall people are really noticing you're just a number so no one cares. From the bottom up everyone knows you're just there for the cheque, you're not mates at work you just happen to sit next to one another, there's barely any lunches or after work drinks etc. People only care about themselves rather than their teams has been a big shift imo.

No idea if people feel the same but I think back a decade and we had more flexibility (pub lunches, early knock offs, no one cared about start/finish times, you just did what you needed to etc), management were actual managers not just people who got to the position through nepotism/longevity, people treated one another better. Is this common? Really don't think people are as happy anymore at work but maybe I've just had a bad trot of agencies to join lol

Eh, people are just getting a bit more campaignery as time goes on. We are devolving.
Never has self interst/obsession been so high.
Cause?
Complicated...
Simple answer...
Social media.

 

[PoppedCorn]

worse ive seen it at the same job for 22 years
mid yout the industry is struggling and even thou we are a very big global company it seems a possible sell off of the area i work in has just made it even worse moral wise.

sad
still a few that care and can see a lot of the probs
but big business is big business...ruthless when it comes time to make big calls

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

My new workplace seems pretty good, but i don't talk to anyone the entire day. They've figured out I am not for small talk so they leave me alone.

Funny enough i left my old workplace because i wasn't a part of a team and was alone, and now this place I am alone and only team adjacent

 

[the_interloper]

Our local supermarket opens at 7:30am every day but 8am on Sundays apparently. So I’m waiting in the car to buy some peppercorns, FML