Vp's with no direct reports. Vp's reporting to Vp's. Directors with no direct reports. Directors reporting to Directors. Mangers reporting to managers. This alone is a case study of how not to run a business. Millions wasted in system enhancements that were nothing of the sort. Redundant positions, processes and technology. Still bloated and inefficient .
Perfectly said, @1ytt+184BVLIU!
A lot of good people were laid off but we can see that there are several VPs still in place. The layoffs seem to be unbalanced. Why would you lay off those that are doing the work and leave many of the supervisors in place? Now there are no middle level managers that work directly with the employees on the ground. How can they be managed by the highest level? Doesn't make any sense. This is truly not what you know but who you know and that is a shame. There is a VP (M Constantino) whose boss is a VP and his boss is a VP that has 7 VPs under her. That doesn't make logical sense. If you are tying to save money, keeping 9 VPs doing the same thing is not efficient. Keeping 1-2 VP with middle level managers, is efficient. The leadership preaches the B3 values, but I don't see that in this set up, lay off process or in the individual leadership. This reminds me of the Communists in East Germany–saying one thing and doing another. Why are we preaching one set of values and then doing something else? Don't believe the 3 Bs. The 3 Bs in my opinion is, you Better Be looking for a Better Job.
lA ot of good people were laid off but we can see that there are several VPs still in place. The layoffs seem to be unbalanced. Why would you lay off those that are doing the work and leave many of the supervisors in place? Now there are no middle level managers that work directly with the employees on the ground. How can they be managed by the highest level? Doesn't make any sense. This is truly not what you know but who you know and that is a shame. There is a VP (M Constantino) whose boss is a VP and his boss is a VP that has 7 VPs under her. That doesn't make logical sense. If you are tying to save money, keeping 9 VPs doing the same thing is not efficient. Keeping 1-2 VP with middle level managers, is efficient. The leadership preaches the B3 values, but I don't see that in this set up, lay off process or in the individual leadership. This reminds me of the Communists in East Germany–saying one thing and doing another. Why are we preaching one set of values and then doing something else? Don't believe the 3 Bs. The 3 Bs in my opinion is, you Better Be looking for a Better Job.
I'm not sure if this is systematic of companies as they grow, become more process laden & bureaucratic, but very accurate account of current state of affairs at Crown.