| Topic Name: |
Why stay at hewitt? |
| Message Name: |
ANONHEWITT |
| Date Posted: |
01/28/2006 |
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First, my guess is you are wrong about the "behind your back" bad reports. It might seem that way, but I'll get into that in a minute. I'd also like to hear examples of micro mangement.
Like any organization, we have some good managers and some bad ones. Knowing that I'll get flamed for this, I do think our managers are under a lot more stress than you realize.
I go to my BGM for resources that are critical and I'm told we can't afford them. I then have to go back to the project manager and explain that we have to find a way to make due with what we have. Some PMs at this point begin to "micro-manage" in an effort to help find efficiencies in how you are doing things. Again, this is the "good manager" in my opinion. It doesn't mean you like how it feels, but the reality is the PM has to stay on a lot of people to make sure they crank out as much work as possible because of our resource shortage.
I think it will get better because I don't think we will always be as pressured financially as we are now. I could very well be wrong, but I believe things will ease up in another year or so. when staffing is able to get where it needs to be, I think we'll see less micro-management.
As for the "behind your back" comments, I have a guess. Again, without examples I'm not sure. This could also tie back to the financial crisis we are in. At review time, we had to be much tougher on our ratings in order to stay in budget. So in some cases this mean we needed rank associates and make sure the very best got the very best raises. This might mean a "meets expectations" rating for someone doing a good job. I could see how this would feel there must be some "behind the back" stuff going on. Reality is I've seen manager go to bat for their associates only to lose the battle in the final calibrations.
Ok ... let the flames begin. |
| Message: |
Stop posting under that monicker unless you are willing to change the password back to ANONHEWITT for everyone to use.
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