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- Subject: disgusted engineer
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 07:01:43 GMT
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- A friend of mine (who graduated as an industrial engineer)
- is becoming extremely discouraged with certain aspects of his job
- Time after time, he has complained of the apathy of the managers
- who run the large factory where he works. Entirely too much time
- and effort seems to be wasted in the generation of reports, useless
- or bogus numbers, and foolish political projects that will accomplish
- little or nothing. (not to mention meetings)
- Moral at the plant is very low, among both the floor workers
- and the salaried staff; most have become very cynical, feeling that
- management does nothing but screw them, lie, and manuever for thier
- own aggrandizement. My friend feels constant frustration with the
- endless corporate games and the anti-effectiveness or the managerial
- 'team'. He truely wants to solve real problems, help people work
- more efficiantly, and recieve recognition for that. Solving
- problems is his real joy; hypocracy, make-work, and the elitism
- so characteristic of many engineers and managers he hates.
-
- Does anyone else have these same problems or concerns?
-
- Can anyone suggest a company where these problems are absent
- or minimal?
-
- Paul
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