Adult Daycare: Dealing with Employees

Perfect, extremely helpful! From my dealing-not-being-dealt-with-experience what you describe is bordering worst case but at the same time at least not uncommon. You indicate this might be colored by cynicism. I think this
Fwiffo said:
Now it is some contrived process you throw people into because you need to have something that is simultaneously transparent and opaque.
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could be less cynically rephrased as
Now it is some well-intentioned but badly designed/executed process you throw people into because you need to have something that is simultaneously useful for the individual as well as the organisation.
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Or something like that.

I don't have much being-dealt-with-experience because I only ever worked for one organisation where this was a serious process (extremely important, highly resourced, etc). Horse trading certainly existed (not sure this can be 100% eliminated) but was limited to the top level. Certainly some people felt screwed over here and there and some probably were I guess. Overall I guess everyone believed it was fair and useful, though obviously less than perfect. I remember HR at least annually and rightfully complaing "Pretty much everyone's performance here is rated better than average. That's impossible! How can you guys not understand what an average is?", which I still find hilarious.
 
güero said:
could be less cynically rephrased as
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I am cynical because the vast majority (well over 50 percent in my experience) of promotions happen off cycle not as a direct result of the official performance review. I have seen people put into performance improvement plans. I have seen some get terminated and some return next year as an improved average performer. But most dismissals, horizontal or vertical movement is usually decided outside of the annual performance review.

That leaves the process holding the responsibility of succession planning which I have never seen done effectively anywhere. Usually a few people are identified but then the firm behaves like a top tier football club and ends up panic buying outside talent to place into vacancies at the executive level.

Succession planning processes also doesn't prompt changes like retirements or exits at the executive level. I personally don't believe an executive should hold the position for more than 3 years, maximum 5 because otherwise the organisation that they are responsible for becomes sclerotic. But no one usually has the balls to say I am on year 3, I finished changing the people, organisation, and culture and it is time someone else with new ideas take it to the next level.
 
When you have zero direct reports and you are asked to mediate and distribute a set pot for pay/merit increase between 4 people managers in another department with as much authority as the UN General Secretary it is like herding cats. You would think bullets in bold as the 3 commandments you need to follow and an offer to get on screen share to walk people through it was enough.
 
Two years ago when I was dressed alongside some other executives as Star Wars characters for a Halloween event I told a woman at work that my brother's son could not dress up at his day care because of woke/diversity/please don't offend others thinking.

She told me yesterday her kid is now at the age of my brother's son and she opted to have a private nanny to shield the kid from the woke/diversity/whatever 2020s thinking of the day.

I'm not sure that was what I really meant and certainly now I am afraid people are getting child rearing advice from me.
 
Fwiffo said:
I personally don't believe an executive should hold the position for more than 3 years, maximum 5 because otherwise the organisation that they are responsible for becomes sclerotic. But no one usually has the balls to say I am on year 3, I finished changing the people, organisation, and culture and it is time someone else with new ideas take it to the next level.
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I don‘t think that is even remotely true in this absoluteness because it entirely depends on the magnitude of change required combined with the complexity of the organisation. Beyond a certain level, all that can be achieved in three years is a good start.
 
Fwiffo said:
She told me yesterday her kid is now at the age of my brother's son and she opted to have a private nanny to shield the kid from the woke/diversity/whatever 2020s thinking of the day.
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I don't even begin to understand what that means - shield from what? Being basically respectful of others?
 
fxh said:
I don't even begin to understand what that means - shield from what? Being basically respectful of others?
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Is wearing a stormtrooper costume on dress up for Halloween day at school or day care somehow offensive to people?
 
Fwiffo said:
Is wearing a stormtrooper costume on dress up for Halloween day at school or day care somehow offensive to people?
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I am sure even you can appreciate the stormtrooper uniform is not the problem.

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How to co-ordinate labour strikes when you work remotely...
 
I had lunch last week with someone whom I've helped various times in his career.

Immigrants: How do all these immigrants have dodgy "open" work permits tied to phony corporations? Will they be renewed? Will their phony company collapse He's asking HR to now filter out anyone who isn't already a permanent resident or citizen. Given the volume of immigrants coming in, he was railing how so many are entitled, low class, low education, low quality human beings.

...but he's an immigrant himself. I sponsored him.

Interview etiquette: Calling by video or phone interview the candidate would ask, who are you again, which job is this for? As if they have multiple on the go. He said he had to sit through a video interview for an individual contributor role who was wearing a t-shirt with an expletive, had a beard 30cm+ long, and looked like he hadn't showered for days.

...but he's Muslim himself. We did agree on attire, but I said I expected a suit and dress shirt is minimum - preferably tie. He said he's just happy if they wear an ironed dress shirt these days.

Generation bias: I mention things might get worse with Gen Z. He said he's actually targeting 25 or 26 year olds because there's a chance for them to improve. Whereas millennials (who are now maximum 42) for him are hopeless.

...but he's a millennial himself.
 
"For example, Meta has introduced an 'In-Person Time Policy', effective from 5 September, in which card swipes will be tracked – non-compliance is deemed a disciplinary issue, potentially resulting in termination."

Technically if your immediate manager is in on it, you could just give all your cards to one team member and they can swipe for you no?
 
Fwiffo said:
"For example, Meta has introduced an 'In-Person Time Policy', effective from 5 September, in which card swipes will be tracked – non-compliance is deemed a disciplinary issue, potentially resulting in termination."

Technically if your immediate manager is in on it, you could just give all your cards to one team member and they can swipe for you no?
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I guess I'm too old but I am sometimes astounded that people complain about having to actually turn up to a place for work they are paid (usually well) for.
 
"Grindr gave its workers a return-to-office ultimatum: either agree to work twice a week in person from October, or lose their jobs. The policy meant employees hired remotely would need to relocate to Los Angeles, where the social networking and online dating app is headquartered, or one of its other US 'hub' cities, such as New York or Chicago.

Many workers rejected the mandate. According to the Grindr union, 82 of the company's 178 employees have been let go for refusing to comply"

....oops.

Next up. Layoffs starting with remote workers because it's hard to quantify what value they bring.
 
It’s a competitive environment- asking someone to relocate to LA just to do the same job they are already doing, at the same salary is management suicide.
 
I'm wearing monk straps today.

That said I did walk by a subway construction site and someone was using a crane to lift a portable generator and the hitch almost gave the observing worker, in his words, an "upper cut". He laughed it off.
 
I thought the motto was going to be "work will set you free".
 


after watching this before reading the comments i really thought the reddit commentariat would be shitting all over her here, but the comments are surprisingly on her side, and very much of the "yeah welcome to the next 40 years of misery" variety.
 
Is there a way to watch this with captions turned on so I can quickly fast forward a la YouTube?

Most people moan about work life balance. It never existed. You work 5 days a week and you get 2 days off. That's not balance. You can work 3 1/2 days and get 3 1/2 days off but you have less money and most people's "lives" revolve around buying crap and doing stuff that involves paying cash.
 
Which of the following methods has your company used to ensure it is considering all available talent for the job?
27% of respondents say "Hiring and interview panels should be diverse"

So if I interview a person of ABC ethnic background or colour, I should invite my ABC peer to the interview? What if the person's mixed? How many people do I need to invite?
 
When I finally had an admin split between myself and another peer I ended up terminating her for cost savings. But I'm detailed oriented and my forte is logistics so I didn't miss her services all that much.

When you're an HR executive and you asked me this week for a range of time windows for a meeting and I responded in 12 hours and you go radio silent for the entire week until today only to surprise me with a meeting in 53 minutes time I would say that you need an admin. It's worth it...for you.
 
Continuing this saga. I was given a timeslot for today from Monday. I sat in the video conference waiting room for 59 of the scheduled 60 minutes until I gave up. I sent an e-mail after asking for another timeslot. I was asked if I could hang on to meet a few hours later tonight (ET vs PT) or tomorrow.
 
The UN does not seem to pay too well. At least not in Montreal.
 
I have someone on their first six month probation period who I was planning to fire (possible in the first 6, after that very difficult). On Monday, she feinted in the office and we had to call her an ambulance. She had already started the worker’s comp paperwork! 🤔
 
Did you find her paperwork on her desk? I'd just shred it and then terminate her whilst she's unconscious. Then if she remembers just say she was hallucinating and open the her desk drawer full of planted hallucinogens.
 
You must exhibit Servant Leadership competencies...

Isn't that butler service? I don't know if I want any organisation to be doing butler service for its customers.
 
I was at a conference today where someone from Microsoft took to the stage. She kept raving about how AI is the future, it's there to make people creative/productive/innovative and not replace humans, etc.

For example, she said if she joined a meeting late she can use Copilot to summarise what she missed so she's not wasting everyone's time to catch her up. How about joining the meeting on time? Wouldn't that be more productive/efficient?
 
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