Comments for The Workplace Review http://theworkplacereview.com/blog Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:11:54 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Self Employment is Back! by Unfair dismissal laws Australia http://theworkplacereview.com/blog/2009/10/28/self-employment-is-back/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Unfair dismissal laws Australia Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:11:54 +0000 http://theworkplacereview.com/blog/?p=66#comment-89 A note for your Aussie readers if they are having troubles at work. If they're needing help with matters of unfair dismissal or unfair workplace treatment, I've included the link for a friend's service. You can get an initial consult for FREE by calling their 1800 number. This covers workplace bullying and harassment, redundancy and unlawful dismissals and more. ~ Gary A note for your Aussie readers if they are having troubles at work. If they’re needing help with matters of unfair dismissal or unfair workplace treatment, I’ve included the link for a friend’s service. You can get an initial consult for FREE by calling their 1800 number. This covers workplace bullying and harassment, redundancy and unlawful dismissals and more. ~ Gary

]]> Comment on Self Employment is Back! by Don Saracco http://theworkplacereview.com/blog/2009/10/28/self-employment-is-back/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Don Saracco Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:59:19 +0000 http://theworkplacereview.com/blog/?p=66#comment-87 Petti, you are right on the money. I think that what we have seen is an experiment that has just about run its course. Bigger is not better when it comes to organizations. We may not be farmers anymore, but people are getting the message that their relationships with large organizations are pretty much one-sided in the favor of the employer. Another thank you to the trial lawyers association, since litigation has made employers so fearful that they shrink from forms of organization and management practices that can optimize human performance and create great places to work. Instead, large organizations worry more about control and liability than they do having trusting and loving relationships within their organizations. The day of the mega-company is about to be over in my opinion. Women are leading the way for us to regain our sense of individual dignity and worth at work because we really do own the business and can care about customers and employees more than we do about staying out of court. Petti, you are right on the money. I think that what we have seen is an experiment that has just about run its course. Bigger is not better when it comes to organizations. We may not be farmers anymore, but people are getting the message that their relationships with large organizations are pretty much one-sided in the favor of the employer. Another thank you to the trial lawyers association, since litigation has made employers so fearful that they shrink from forms of organization and management practices that can optimize human performance and create great places to work. Instead, large organizations worry more about control and liability than they do having trusting and loving relationships within their organizations. The day of the mega-company is about to be over in my opinion. Women are leading the way for us to regain our sense of individual dignity and worth at work because we really do own the business and can care about customers and employees more than we do about staying out of court.

]]> Comment on Does Your Employer Lie? by Rose Johnston http://theworkplacereview.com/blog/2009/10/15/does-your-employer-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Rose Johnston Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:21:51 +0000 http://theworkplacereview.com/blog/?p=56#comment-86 I've been fortunate in that I've had more truthful than untruthful managers; these gems would tell it like it is and not try to whitewash the employer's intent. 20-something years later, the employer (read: company) is long gone and I still have meet-ups with those fabulous managers. After all this time, I also still remember (and use) a worthwhile phrase from one of those managers, Ron Brown: "I'd rather give you the uncomfortable truth than a comfortable lie." I’ve been fortunate in that I’ve had more truthful than untruthful managers; these gems would tell it like it is and not try to whitewash the employer’s intent.

20-something years later, the employer (read: company) is long gone and I still have meet-ups with those fabulous managers.

After all this time, I also still remember (and use) a worthwhile phrase from one of those managers, Ron Brown: “I’d rather give you the uncomfortable truth than a comfortable lie.”

]]> Comment on Does Your Employer Lie? by Don Saracco http://theworkplacereview.com/blog/2009/10/15/does-your-employer-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Don Saracco Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:44:28 +0000 http://theworkplacereview.com/blog/?p=56#comment-85 Petti, tell us how you really feel. Truthfully, when I think about the times that I have witnessed an organizational lie, it makes me wonder about what made me not try to do something about it. But then I remember that I did try. I guess we have all tried in some way to get to the truth-telling that generates solid trust, but it is really hard to get it on the agenda. That is probably even more true in places where the amoral application of political savvy is rewarded with promotion and bonuses. I share your anger about what goes on and can only hope that following generations will not allow such workplaces to exist as we have. I pray for the day when our children's children will live in a world that has run out of excuses and has to recognize that it has squeezed every unit out of process improvement, and being lean, and getting engaged. It is time we started looking at the quality of relationships within organizations as a strategic target for improvement. We are following social and technological forces that urge us toward more transactional relationships with very explicit contracts to replace the relational contracts that we used to have where we used words like loyalty, love, and trust a lot more often. I guess I give up my age when I say that I think there might be a baby in that bath water somewhere and I would hate to see it tossed out. Petti, tell us how you really feel. Truthfully, when I think about the times that I have witnessed an organizational lie, it makes me wonder about what made me not try to do something about it. But then I remember that I did try. I guess we have all tried in some way to get to the truth-telling that generates solid trust, but it is really hard to get it on the agenda. That is probably even more true in places where the amoral application of political savvy is rewarded with promotion and bonuses. I share your anger about what goes on and can only hope that following generations will not allow such workplaces to exist as we have. I pray for the day when our children’s children will live in a world that has run out of excuses and has to recognize that it has squeezed every unit out of process improvement, and being lean, and getting engaged. It is time we started looking at the quality of relationships within organizations as a strategic target for improvement. We are following social and technological forces that urge us toward more transactional relationships with very explicit contracts to replace the relational contracts that we used to have where we used words like loyalty, love, and trust a lot more often. I guess I give up my age when I say that I think there might be a baby in that bath water somewhere and I would hate to see it tossed out.

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