Soooooo, how is the mood around campus this week? Let me tell you. I spent some time walking around campus yesterday as the weather was decent and no one cares what I do anyway, why not... I walked through Bldg 5 and what once was a very happy group of people is now like walking into a wake. Those employees that were brave enough to peek out from behind their computers barely gave a nod and most did not acknowledge me at all. This group used to be the most upbeat and happy group on campus. They were considered top tier and others aspired to be like them. What happened? That one is easy. New leadership (used lightly) and Sr leadership that for some reason continues to turn a blind eye. Great example of why there should be minimum requirements for VP's. Thats right, there are NO minimum requirements for education or more importantly experience for a VP at CHK. Does is make sense to put requirements on all positions up to Director and then ignore the VP's. FYI - the new VP does not meet the requirements to be a Director and this has been painfully obvious just like it was in IT. By the way, are you all excited to get your red and green cards so that you can speak up without fear or retaliation. Apparently these cards hold magic powers so be prepared to speak up going forward (SMDH). Even the shoe shiner has not been walking on cloud 9 as usual. Probably because he has been legitimately reduced to an overpaid admin and does all of the c-ap work for his boss.
I also ventured into some other buildings. After leaving 5 I was hoping to find a glimmer of positivity. I found it in Bldg 10. It seemed to be fine. Perhaps it is because they have been hit the least and feel protected or maybe its because they hear all of the bad things that are going on and feel their problems are mild compared to those doing the real work. Who knows...
Bldg 15 brought me back to reality as it is similar to Bldg 5 right now. Everyone on pins and needles. People planning their exit strategy for March, all in the hopes that they might get an undeserved bonus, and updating resume's. Granted, individually some of them do deserve bonuses but as a company how can you possibly justify giving bonuses this year? You have absolutely cost shareholders millions of dollars. Surely the BOD will not approve bonuses because you KNOW that the EVP's and VP's are going to push for it even though they know it is wrong for the company. I digress... Many of them were daydreaming of being on vacation with KH in Cabo. I am sure he is missed. Others were wishing that BM and JA had not left for better things as they were good to work for but could no longer take the stress of dealing with consistent bad decisions from over their head. No one seemed to miss BP or JP in any building, shocker...
Anyway, I won't bore you with any more of my day. Besides, I think I will take another stroll around campus. I am pretty much done working for the day. Not bad, almost put in an hour and a half today. Well, minus the time it took to do this, I also went to breakfast, took a 20 minute dump and was 15 minutes late coming in. Oh well, no one around here cares anyway.