How to tell a boss his staff are rubbish?
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wargriff said:
A8VIP said:
Tonto said:
I'm not sure what the porpose of this thread is.
Here's your coat, leave quietly and they may not notice that not only have your reposted a pun, you didn't even spell it correctly... Edited by Tonto on Friday 28th November 13:46
Edited by Bob Loblaw on Friday 28th November 13:50
Bob Loblaw said:
wargriff said:
A8VIP said:
Tonto said:
I'm not sure what the porpose of this thread is.
Here's your coat, leave quietly and they may not notice that not only have your reposted a pun, you didn't even spell it correctly... Edited by Tonto on Friday 28th November 13:46
Edited by Bob Loblaw on Friday 28th November 13:50
Well, he probably thinks his staff are all angels, so if you tell him the truth, he may start to get crabby, and eel not thank you for it, and think that you are an aholehole because you are talking cobblers.
Best think to do is sit down with hime over a nice cuppa and some garibaldi, and without being gobi, explain that he has an office full of harelip suckers, and that you have a hunchen that they are all useless.
If he calls you a pollock, tell him off for being rudd, and ask him if he is saury
Whatever you do, dont skate around the issues, you will only be selling your sole.
Best think to do is sit down with hime over a nice cuppa and some garibaldi, and without being gobi, explain that he has an office full of harelip suckers, and that you have a hunchen that they are all useless.
If he calls you a pollock, tell him off for being rudd, and ask him if he is saury
Whatever you do, dont skate around the issues, you will only be selling your sole.
singlecoil said:
This happened recently. I'm chatting with a guy exploring the possibilty of my doing some work for him in the future, and the question arises of how I would get on with the existing staff.
I, of course, tell him that there would be no problem, that I would be aware of the sensitivity of the situation, and as a result would ensure that all would be well in that regard.
Now, being familiar with the work of his organisation, it is obvious to me (and others) that his staff are a bunch of piss-taking w
kers, that the work they do (when they are there) is poor quality and mis-directed. However, as the conversation continues it dawns on me that he doesn't realise any of this. As far as he is concerned, it's a great team and he wants to keep it that way. FFS!. How can I disabuse him of this misbegotten notion?
Basically, I'm already aware that there is nothing I can do about it (if I want the work, that is) but I just wanted to share with you the shock and horror I felt, and to provide you with an opportunity to mention similar experiences.
I had a new boss come to a company we supply who wanted our feedback 'off the record' on what we they could do better.I, of course, tell him that there would be no problem, that I would be aware of the sensitivity of the situation, and as a result would ensure that all would be well in that regard.
Now, being familiar with the work of his organisation, it is obvious to me (and others) that his staff are a bunch of piss-taking w
kers, that the work they do (when they are there) is poor quality and mis-directed. However, as the conversation continues it dawns on me that he doesn't realise any of this. As far as he is concerned, it's a great team and he wants to keep it that way. FFS!. How can I disabuse him of this misbegotten notion?Basically, I'm already aware that there is nothing I can do about it (if I want the work, that is) but I just wanted to share with you the shock and horror I felt, and to provide you with an opportunity to mention similar experiences.
18 months later I am in a discipline hearing where part of the evidence is that I told him this employee was crap and he used it in a later attempt to sack her. I hadn't ( I had said that like all depts of that type , at peak times they struggled to cope with demands), but that is how he had remembered it when she started to give him problems, so he wrote it up in her appraisal.
Ended up spending a day and £150 in rail fares stoping her getting the sack.
In a word, keep stum.
Edited by Brown and Boris on Friday 28th November 14:56
Brown and Boris said:
I had a new boss come to a company we supply who wanted our feedback 'off the record' on what we they could do better.
18 months later I am in a discipline hearing where part of the evidence is that I told him this employee was crap and he used it in a later attempt to sack her. I hadn't ( I had said that like all depts of that type , at peak times they struggled to cope with demands), but that is how he had remembered it when she started to give him problems, so he wrote it up in her appraisal.
Ended up spending a day and £150 in rail fares stoping her getting the sack.
In a word, keep stum.
What a random O/T post. Nothing about fish at all.18 months later I am in a discipline hearing where part of the evidence is that I told him this employee was crap and he used it in a later attempt to sack her. I hadn't ( I had said that like all depts of that type , at peak times they struggled to cope with demands), but that is how he had remembered it when she started to give him problems, so he wrote it up in her appraisal.
Ended up spending a day and £150 in rail fares stoping her getting the sack.
In a word, keep stum.
Edited by Brown and Boris on Friday 28th November 14:56
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