| Topic Name: |
ConCall: Leading by Fear and Intimidation |
| Message Name: |
Consultants Fault |
| Date Posted: |
01/05/2006 |
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While I wholeheartedly agree with you that Harry should not be skirting the One Globe issue, and moreover that our problems are greater than late time reports and misfiled expenses, he does have a point -- it is completely unacceptable to not get your time and expenses filed accurately and in a timely manner. Time reports impact what we bill the client, which in turn impact our quarterly earnings statements (um, once we finally have them).
His perceived "threats" for late time and expense submissions are not unique to the consulting industry, and moreover, they are long overdue. Coming from a competitor of ours, I can say firsthand that we have been fairly lax on this issue -- at my former firm, a policy was instituted that after 2 late time reports (even if late by only a few hours, and even with good reason), one was eligible to be let go. Of course, they did not let you go if you were a successful and chargeable resource, but in the cases where you were on the bench or had received previous less-than-stellar reviews, 2 late time reports was a great reason to give you the boot. At a minimum, your career counselor and Partner (MD) would know about it, and undoubtedly it would show up on your final review. And, Partners were held accountable for the overall timely submission of those in their group.
So honestly, while late TIMEnX is certainly not the biggest problem, nor is it the only problem, it is a problem nonetheless. And, of the myriad problems we face as a firm, it is likely the quickest and most easy to fix -- no new technology required, no complex audits, just simply getting people off their butts to submit their hours on time. Hence, I suspect, Harry's current and strong emphasis on the issue. |
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Wow, I never heard about that "Leaving BE would be the biggest mistake" comment. I'm sure that comment alone helped with people leaving. That fear mongering would work on all the junior people in BE, but any of the old timers would just laugh their ass off.
First off, I left and you know what, your career completely opens up. You're not stuck in the same rut, with the same people and the same crappy politics.
As for this 'blaming' the consultants for the TimenEx issues. Thats total bullshit. I had this one manager try to give me shit for billing to the wrong charge code. The ever so wise powers that be gave me an incorrect charge code. Then it's my fault for billing to it. WHATEVER.
I love how it's all the consultants and sr. consultants fault, meanwhile they have the least power in the organization. Give me a break.
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