Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
This is the umpteenth round of layoffs and every time they sell us a story that this time it will be different. This is like a cheating spouse tell their partner they won’t cheat the next time.
When will they learn that the issue is not the employees but the leaders who make the decisions and put us in this spot.
Can’t even quit cos the stock is in the toilet and all the last few years stock options isn’t worth jack!
How…just how??
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@e3 is absolutely right.
I shall form a tiger team that will craft a tracking dashboard displaying metrics and KPIs on our progress toward establishing a multiteam committee to review what is necessary to craft nested epics to formalize a presentation to senior leadership on this roadblock.
I miss being able to work on work. Instead I work on on things that are vaguely adjacent to work.
Slow and slow inflexible from the constant resource cuts and reorgs. More time is spent figuring out ‘who’ than doing the work. Maybe it’s time to put out an org chart based on who owns what processes and systems. Maybe it’s time to cut red tape and allow people to get sh-t done. Everything takes 15-20 times longer because ownership is not defined, the resource/knowledge gaps from that layoffs, the infighting and fiefdom building going on, and generally poor morale from being treated like cattle. People are the #1 resource. Treat them poorly and it’s like a disease that infests everything. If not willing to do what it takes to be faster and more agile/flexible, then no amount of layoffs will fix it. Name 1 thing/time where anything has been done to simplify, reduce red tape, increase throughput, increase trust? Never. Is always, always, always added by more admin, more tools, more tracking, more meetings. What’s needed is a major culture change. From the ‘fake’ management we have going on to REAL management, which is empty people to do their best. Snapping at your underlings to complete something by a date pulled out of your ar-e isn’t management, it’s just cracking a whip. Real management is taking down the barriers, resolving issues with other teams not collaborating or other teams putting bad stuff into production and impacting your team and their ability to deliver what they’re tasked with. Real management is about holding people & teams accountable while helping to make them better - with the emotion the latter. It’s not asking questions only when a status isn’t ‘green’ and adding more work when it’s not. We have a vast swath of management that literally just regurgitates something they read in an article and know nothing about the process or system they’re supposed to be owning. Is a recipe for disaster … don’t be surprised if what comes out of the oven looks like and tastes like sh-t
But the same playbook run by new people will work. The plan was flawless just that the execution was bad. Try again.