| Topic Name: |
What's a BAH Partnership worth? |
| Message Name: |
Working Together |
| Date Posted: |
03/06/2006 |
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Thank you for your response. OK so we remove the problem of semantics and call it a regrouping (or whatever) instead of a merger. I think that was understood previously, as stated (though a little differently) in one of Vudu's post.
But to be frank, (and again, speaking as an outsider) once one distills out all of the "rah-rah" support of the company, I still see a situation in which CB'ers and TB'ers that did not work together previously, can now find themselves working together on the same project in order to provide both sets of services to the client (albeit to a lesser degree depending on the operating unit as you've pointed out). While I respect your opinion that the endeavor has been successful to date, I again have to wonder about the potential for long term success of such an endeavor.
CB'ers are going to resent the TB'ers on their team when they get stuck with extra work b/c the TB'er has to stay home or leave early to pick up kids due to school closings based on a .00001% chance of snow (dont laugh - it happens continuously in MD/DC/VA area); and TB'ers are going to resent any requirement of additional time/effort that interferes with their work/life balance. In fact, I've heard elsewhere that "issues" arise
within TB when the folks w/o kids are expected to pick up the slack to compensate for those with kids or other outside obligations.
I'm sure the staff for the most part is professional enough to not let the client be affected by that type of internal strife - but realistically speaking, its just a matter of time before the effects are realized in some way shape or form.
I realize that I may be missing something and it may not be as simple as I have suggested. Please feel free to correct any erroneous assumptions on my part. My objective in posting here is to learn more about the company - not to disparage it in any way. As such, I welcome your response and insight. |
| Message: |
It won't be hard for CB'ers to accommodate the TB'ers lifestyle trade-offs. Most clients have a lifestyle trade-off akin to TB'ers and CB'ers team with clients on project teams all of the time. If we can team with clients, why can't we team with our own people?
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