Rumor has it Roger doesn't link WFH or remote workers. Push coming soon for 5 days a week 8 to 5 for all and to force remote workers back in office or leave.
Should be fun
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@20t then you lose because I fell into nothing, was handed nothing, and still can do almost nothing. As a matter of fact I wish I wasn’t in this role and never want to be promoted because if seen enough.
@1zh so would a better title for your types be “messengers”? I bet you just fell into that position because you tickle your boss just right
@we you’re obviously below middle management if you’re unaware that middle management has zero influence or decision making power as it relates to up the ladder and down. We’re literally told and voluntold and receive blank stares and defense when we try to move any needle in any direction.
Every svp and up needs to go
In ES mid management is a bunch of people pleasers, especially in the model shop, no backbone so it’s no surprise why the place sucs so much. When you have no talent, you manage people in a corporate environment, which gets you what Mattel is all about these days
@s2 more affordable, better mindset, EA was always focused on teamwork and productivity.
@s2 ES/Mattel is run by mo--ns. They would never do anything like that since it makes sense. They're so d-mb they're spending like it's raining money on the move even though the company is losing money hand over fist. Ask them why they're replacing everything when it's all still usable.
Company is not run by smart people nor people who are serious. They're all emotionally id--ts who know nothing. Hopefully Rodger will figure this out fast and clean house from a leadership perspective.
Move the ES design center to the East Aurora campus. Plenty of room.
It's almost impossible to believe that upper mismanagement totally pooched it this badly. No matter what happens, layoffs, merger, acquisition, current Design Center employees end up homeless, it's going to be awesome to see.
I even remember at one time when all this relocation nonsense first started, the talk was that DC employees were going to be shoe horned in the warehouse across the parking lot from the DC which was impossible. BTW, where does Samples and the Show Room Design/Model Shop go? With Photography to the old remodeled Peterson Building? Out source all of everything?
They one group that really needs to be outsourced is all the monkeys on the 15th floor where the air is rare and they don't care.
Makes perfect sense...... They will be laying off people. Then they will fit. Also no need for model shop or other industrial equipment.... Just outsource it all.
It gets better. Some of the special equipment mentioned won't be moved to the new building. Why? Because that area isn't zoned for industrial equipment. If you see how the city laid out, the current HTC location is right on the boarder of industrial, across the street is a bunch of hotels. Beginning of a business zone, where equipment like rotocasting and certain printers are not zoned for.
This is on top of the building being about half the size, in square footage and parking spaces, of our current one. Someone didn't think about those details before dropping $59.1M on the new building. This doesn't begin to include moving expenses, permits, remodeling, etc.
You are correct, Roger can't take credit for this master failure but here's an awesome wildcard.
Let's assume management can't possibly be this stupid/arrogant thinking they can get every breathing body and the entire Model Shops huge, heavy, high maintenance laser printers, lathes, rotocast equipment etc. out of the Design Center and installed in the new facility less than two months .
Remember that the building that they're supposed to move in to is currently is a death trap with malfunctioning plumbing and not even close to being ready.
Maybe, just maybe, they were never intended to move at all because the company is going to sold anyway!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's the only thing that makes an ounce sense and even that's a he-l of stretch going forward.
Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it. It is a good story.
yes the relocation process is a masterclass in failure. every word posted below is 100% true. but, you can't put that on Roger
Word on the street is the so called move of the all the Design Center employees is a total and complete mismanaged mess. The so called new building that they're moving to is a total train wreck and should be condemned. Supposedly only the Photo Dept is moving to the old Peterson Motor Trend building off Rosecrans is nice. All the so called designers, engineers, face design/hair, seamstresses, model shop, are headed to that condemned salt mine. Moving all the heavy machinery, paints/chemicals, giant laser printers out of the model shop will takes weeks of preplanning/preparation which should have been done 6 months ago which tells me the so called leadership there doesn't have a clue on what it's doing.