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manage 4 people. I am slightly frightened at this development.
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12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
Stadtluft Macht Frei
Killing it is the new killing it
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Just win them over with your warm and gentle ways.No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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Just imagine how they feel.Originally posted by KrazyHorse View Post
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark TwainComment
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I SMELL JOUST TOURNEY"I hope I get to punch you in the face one day" - MRT144, Imran Siddiqui
'I'm fairly certain that a ban on me punching you in the face is not a "right" worth respecting." - loinburgerComment
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Women love compliments. If you manage women, say something nice about their rack or ass. If she's older, you can always go with," I bet you had a fantastic rack 30 years ago". They also like impromptu shoulder rubs.
With guys, invite them out for an evening of hookers and blow. If any of the women are hot, you can invite them and save a bit of money on hookers.
You're welcome.
There's nothing wrong with the dream, my friend, the problem lies with the dreamer.Comment
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Good management position: you get to delegate stuff.Originally posted by KrazyHorse View Post
Bad management position: you have to actually keep track of things like deadlines.
I dread the day when I have to start doing the latter
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I have 100 factory people working, standing around...or going home, based on planning. Most manufacturing personnel want no part of Planning. It's what I do, and what Jr pops off at me about at times.
To your point though, yes, being held accountable for the performance of others is a shift in perspective.Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
"Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ BraindeadComment
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And that's understating the case. I hada teamof 12-14 reporting to me for a while and you can spen all your time dealing with supervisory stuff. Now I did have a particularly difficult team as they were all consultants ona construction job in a boom market so they all either implicitly or explicitly let elbow about their ability to go elsewhere .acouple of themtrulyhated each other too which made for fun times lol.Originally posted by SlowwHand View Post
Congrats KH or condolences....
It will be interesting to see how you enjoy it and how youdo with managing. Many many times, organizations take their best workers and elevate them as supervisors without even assessing their management skills . What makes a great technical worker does not necessarily
Make a great worker...You don't get to 300 losses without being a pretty exceptional goaltender.-- Ben Kenobi speaking of Roberto LuongoComment
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Congrats. First-time managers are the worst.
Try to fight the urge to micromanage everything.
Also, don't spend effort proving you are their boss. You are, that's enough.Comment
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It's only scary when you discover you are good at it."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "Comment
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I command legionsAny views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..
Look, I just don't anymore, okay?Comment
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I'm up to 35, but only as a technical manager. I refuse to touch the HR-type parts of the job."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "Comment
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Annual reviews and those times where you're supposed to "develop" unruly staff. Horrible.The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil FinlandComment
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Sand fleas don't count.Originally posted by Alexander's Horse View PostNo, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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