One day I aspire to middle management. It’s has just enough of the prestige of managing someone yet no responsibility for actually running the company. It’s kind of like being Vice President, only you still have to do something.
Denying the existence of facts that you don’t like is certainly one of the functions of Middle Management, but it has been adopted by many other people.
You guys ever read the comments on news stories? The inmates run the asylum. Facts? We don’t need no stinkin’ facts! Regardless of the actual topic, regardless even of what’s in the actual news story, the conservatives and anti-Obama contingent are reading the liberals out of the human race, and vice versa; same with the atheists and fundamentalists. Being factually corrected just fans the flames. (And these people also vote, heaven help us all.)
I prefer being here. The conversations may be spirited, but at least they don’t go completely over the cliff, and we know we’re among friends.
I work for a very top-heavy organization. Recently we had a new CEO come in, and after a month on the job, he shunted middle managers to new divisions to reduce micromanagement and fired some really dumb directors who had been hanging on for YEARS under the old management. They were colossal feckups, their jobs were redundant and a waste of salary, and nobody under them was sorry to see them go.
I thought lovable CEOs were something that only happened to Ford.
SCAATY, I really appreciate your “vice versa.” So many of the arguments from one “side” against the other are identical except for their target. Covering the ears, indeed! “I can’t hear a word you’re saying; you sound so much like me.”
Middle management ain’t all that fun. The people under you blame you for all the decisions/screw ups of management, (the results of which you have to deliver) and management blames you for the performance of your employees…..rip saw….
einarbt7 about 14 years ago
Explains a lot.
pouncingtiger about 14 years ago
The chart also shows the status of the Middle Class since the 80’s.
Sisyphos about 14 years ago
Of course! The function of MM is to do for the Upper Echelon what the UE considers infra dignitatem!
smizzlybob about 14 years ago
One day I aspire to middle management. It’s has just enough of the prestige of managing someone yet no responsibility for actually running the company. It’s kind of like being Vice President, only you still have to do something.
ksoskins about 14 years ago
Denying the existence of facts that you don’t like is certainly one of the functions of Middle Management, but it has been adopted by many other people.
grapfhics about 14 years ago
betterwholesaler is spam!
Justice22 about 14 years ago
Sheik, I think I remember one instance of that????
jhouck99 about 14 years ago
I wonder if his fingertips are touching…
peter0423 about 14 years ago
You guys ever read the comments on news stories? The inmates run the asylum. Facts? We don’t need no stinkin’ facts! Regardless of the actual topic, regardless even of what’s in the actual news story, the conservatives and anti-Obama contingent are reading the liberals out of the human race, and vice versa; same with the atheists and fundamentalists. Being factually corrected just fans the flames. (And these people also vote, heaven help us all.)
I prefer being here. The conversations may be spirited, but at least they don’t go completely over the cliff, and we know we’re among friends.
Justice22 about 14 years ago
Mr. Houck,,, I like your question. We need a study to find out.
Whoops! His fingers are stuck from the vacuum.
GuntotingLiberal about 14 years ago
I work for a very top-heavy organization. Recently we had a new CEO come in, and after a month on the job, he shunted middle managers to new divisions to reduce micromanagement and fired some really dumb directors who had been hanging on for YEARS under the old management. They were colossal feckups, their jobs were redundant and a waste of salary, and nobody under them was sorry to see them go.
I thought lovable CEOs were something that only happened to Ford.
pawpawbear about 14 years ago
@SCAATY-423 Amen to that.
dsom8 about 14 years ago
SCAATY, I really appreciate your “vice versa.” So many of the arguments from one “side” against the other are identical except for their target. Covering the ears, indeed! “I can’t hear a word you’re saying; you sound so much like me.”
joefish25 about 14 years ago
SCAATY_423…. What John Pike said
MurphyHerself about 14 years ago
SCAATY_423….go over to the editorials and you might change you mind.
jrcarter53 about 14 years ago
It’s a good day; got 3 spammers already. LOL
benbrilling about 14 years ago
The CEO isn’t worried. He has his golden parachute strapped on and ready.
Varnes about 14 years ago
Middle management ain’t all that fun. The people under you blame you for all the decisions/screw ups of management, (the results of which you have to deliver) and management blames you for the performance of your employees…..rip saw….
runninanreadin about 14 years ago
I DON’T LIKE SPAM(mers)!!! (I’m a vegetarian, to boot…so, it’s only natural…)