you're not the boss of me!
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Corporate Life
After being in the work-field for almost 3 years, I have noticed a lot of things about major corporations. They have no clue how to work efficiently! NO CLUE! It's a little scary almost how there are 1000's of employees in a firm, but it is usually around 200 people that do all the work. So that means on average, 800 employees jobs are a) pointless b) useless c) not done properly.
Many people have compared my job to Office Space. "You are one of the Bobs!" - they have said. Actually, not really. I have never gone to work and talked to people about what they do and whether or not we need their job. Granted I have thought about it many many times, but NO - my company nor do I, have that kind of authority. I am not "one of the Bobs".
I am however (in my opinion) one of the key components of making a major cable corporation* work. As I sit through my conference calls today, I really wonder how these big companies work. It seems that about 3 people really know whats going on, and if they had the time, they would complete their tasks - on time and correctly! But instead, we have what we call a lack of resources.
This phrase comes up time and time again! Why not hire more people? And when I say people, I don't mean just able bodies that can speak but ones that can actually think, that can actually solve a problem, that actually give a damn! Unemployment rates? What's that? We need workers! How can so many people be unemployed when my company is always compaining about lack of resources! I just don't understand.
My friend Geoff once told me that it's all about the bottom line. Those big time execs sit up there commanding the troops and their only concern is this thing called the bottom line. Granted I care about the bottom line too - but when I get a task, I complete it. I don't make excuses, and if it needs a couple more hours of my attention, heck I give it. Is this because I am fresh out of college (well not really)? When do people stop doing this? How come Alpha from Operations can never get my code deployed on time? How come Beta from Lan Ops asks me when they are supposed to complete their environment set up? Why don't they know how to do their own job?
Heck I'm leaving in 15 days....I'll wait for the next big time corp for further investigation on this..
* will not mention any names.
Many people have compared my job to Office Space. "You are one of the Bobs!" - they have said. Actually, not really. I have never gone to work and talked to people about what they do and whether or not we need their job. Granted I have thought about it many many times, but NO - my company nor do I, have that kind of authority. I am not "one of the Bobs".
I am however (in my opinion) one of the key components of making a major cable corporation* work. As I sit through my conference calls today, I really wonder how these big companies work. It seems that about 3 people really know whats going on, and if they had the time, they would complete their tasks - on time and correctly! But instead, we have what we call a lack of resources.
This phrase comes up time and time again! Why not hire more people? And when I say people, I don't mean just able bodies that can speak but ones that can actually think, that can actually solve a problem, that actually give a damn! Unemployment rates? What's that? We need workers! How can so many people be unemployed when my company is always compaining about lack of resources! I just don't understand.
My friend Geoff once told me that it's all about the bottom line. Those big time execs sit up there commanding the troops and their only concern is this thing called the bottom line. Granted I care about the bottom line too - but when I get a task, I complete it. I don't make excuses, and if it needs a couple more hours of my attention, heck I give it. Is this because I am fresh out of college (well not really)? When do people stop doing this? How come Alpha from Operations can never get my code deployed on time? How come Beta from Lan Ops asks me when they are supposed to complete their environment set up? Why don't they know how to do their own job?
Heck I'm leaving in 15 days....I'll wait for the next big time corp for further investigation on this..
* will not mention any names.
posted by Kripsie, 9:43 AM
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