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- From: choy@skorpio.usask.ca (I am a terminator.)
- Subject: Re: disgusted engineer
- Message-ID: <1992Nov14.011351.12569@access.usask.ca>
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- Organization: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
- References: <BxA8ux.BG4@news.iastate.edu>
- Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1992 01:13:51 GMT
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- In article <BxA8ux.BG4@news.iastate.edu>, tzb76@isuvax.iastate.edu (Set) writes:
- |> 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)
-
- But what about the bottom line? What color is it?
-
- |> 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.
-
- Would it help if the employees discussed the problem with management?
-
- |> 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.
-
- Let me wax philosophical here. What are real problems? What is your
- friend doing now?
-
- Why can't your friend solve real problems?
-
-
- Henry Choy
- choy@cs.usask.ca
-