tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post3442010488513447864..comments2024-03-28T09:55:42.123+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: We can really clean up!CityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-82389081536120980622015-10-17T13:23:29.850+01:002015-10-17T13:23:29.850+01:00How can "a" manager be a "they"...How can "a" manager be a "they"? Is it a woman?James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-74497594576981556872015-10-16T16:10:59.893+01:002015-10-16T16:10:59.893+01:00Interesting sets of opinions here. A few of you ma...Interesting sets of opinions here. A few of you may actually be accountants and would perhaps have a more circumspect view of the matter of the NHS, for example, if you downloaded as set of accounts which are freely available.<br /><br />I would try to colour your view save for check out the charges being made by the private sector to the public sector. Then have a look at the owners of those private companies with these lucrative contracts. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-69686982533302594412015-10-16T13:34:23.459+01:002015-10-16T13:34:23.459+01:00it's management ... (the officers are always t...it's management ... (the officers are always to blame, i mean that seriously not sarcastically)<br /><br />management + ethos + morale<br /><br />which then fosters a confident self-policing / peer-policing regime, which is the only way it ever really works (- "this is what we all do around here" - and the new recruit looks around and sees it's true)<br /><br />[the army routinely does this brilliantly, of course - NCOs who are confident of support from the top will ruthlessly instill (+ enforce) the ethos on a layer of humanity not at all accustomed to cleanliness etc]<br /><br />in 2 of the organisations (aside from the army) I have worked in, we were all so (productively) busy it would have been easy to justify the "don't spend a second of your precious time looking for lost pencils" - but the ethos was strong and good housekeeping was effortlessly part of "this is what we all do" - senior people would take the extra 10 seconds to rinse their mug and stick it somewhere sensible<br /><br />(PS it also involves firing anyone who clearly isn't getting the message, in their first few weeks. or - in the army - a very large corporal giving them a kicking)Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-17663055331899284072015-10-16T13:33:44.640+01:002015-10-16T13:33:44.640+01:00I'll never forget an old pearl of wisdom my gr...<br />I'll never forget an old pearl of wisdom my grandfather used to always come out with whenever a restructuring was on the cards. <br />He would sit back in his old rocking chair , take a sip of bourbon and he'd look you right in the eye with his steely blues & say something like this :<br /><br />" Ok, guys. Hard stop. I gotta reach out to you."<br /><br />"Granpaw?" we would say , knowing something was coming but not knowing what it was.<br /><br />" Son - at the bleeding edge of the next level but one , core corporate values empowered, check - ok let's just open the damn kimono - heck !!" <br /><br />( His mind's eye seemed to drift a little here for some reason) <br /><br />"There are a LOT of moving parts here, sure - but this sure is a BEAUTIFUL business heh heh .. and don't the SCALABLE URGE to make SWEET MUSIC where the ROAD DIVIDES - I'm talking LEVERAGE here - can go WAAAAYYYYY past ..... PRICE ....point......" and here he ROSE in the rocker like some old testament prophet.. ..<br /><br />" .. it ..j..j..jjust ...g..g goes ....p- para....BALL....IQUE........!!!! Lord A'mighty !!!"<br /><br />And he would sink back slowly exhausted into sweet slumber, an enigmatic smile on his wise old toothless <br /><br />face.<br /><br />"110%-WISE GRANPAW !!!!" we all cried, an that's how we been operatin' ever since .<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />chaingangcharliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04803774361542678154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-9500442356027645592015-10-16T13:07:02.366+01:002015-10-16T13:07:02.366+01:00Workplaces are so filthy. Its the 'not my prop...Workplaces are so filthy. Its the 'not my property' syndrome. Public/private - no different.<br /><br />I think we've all assessed the underlying issue. Its not the clean spaces that is important. Its not even the individual costs of minuscule expenses..Its someone recognising that it improves efficiency.<br />Its a management issue.<br /><br />And Mr Drew summed up the eternal problem perfectly.<br /><br />*My day one snap decision to order a piece of machinery, that turns out isn't compatible with existing, has cost far more than all the packs of marigolds under the sink ever will. <br />So..does it even matter?<br />Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-74671241609952457372015-10-16T12:27:40.778+01:002015-10-16T12:27:40.778+01:00I've worked in public and private sector. The...I've worked in public and private sector. The dirtiest cups I found were in the nurses kitchen in the haematology dept of a national hospital. Everywhere I worked seemed to revel in their own filth and in one place (a university admissions dept) I cleared a corner of years of accumulated junk only for it to creep in again. Peoples' desks are usually a mess except in a call centre where everyone hot-desked. I came to the conclusion the clear desk thing is about people not having to account for themselves as anything missing could be blamed on work overload. It's a fear thing to seem as if you're a bit useless then no-one bothers you. Not only public sector as the same thing applied in a well-known insurance company. <br /><br />So it doesn't surprise me in the least. The cleaning issue isn't so hard to fix but the attitudes are a bit of a problem.Jannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-31164638548434801752015-10-16T11:27:05.564+01:002015-10-16T11:27:05.564+01:00I think (for larger established companies) in the ...I think (for larger established companies) in the private sector it's cyclical - with the cycle being multi-year and in-line with what's happening with sales. <br /><br />The company I work for is currently globally seeing negative sales and the new (British) CEO has recognised the level of bureaucracy and waste that's built up over the years and so has had a massive restructure, taking out massive levels of mid-management, announced a $300 million per year reduction in G+A spend and is focusing on ensuring agility across the business so the right ideas can get implemented whilst still relevant.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-82985286674338513092015-10-16T10:10:03.698+01:002015-10-16T10:10:03.698+01:00it's always the way, isn't it - the bloody...it's always the way, isn't it - the bloody Human Condition (organisational chapter)<br /><br />new idea, new business, tight little partnership, everyone onside, upbeat, efficient, dynamic, collaborative, bright; success, growth, new staff, momentum, self-reinforcing, upwards spiral, stellar returns, more success, more growth, more staff ...<br /><br />diluted commitment, diluted efficiency, diluted ethos ... better-than-average returns, momentum, more staff ... the first couple of bad apples, inefficiency around the margins, things going on in corners that nobody notices, founders too busy, frustrations, fire-fighting, two-steps-forward-one-step-back, average returns, waste, Waste, WASTE ...<br /><br />pessimist? <i>moi?</i><br /><br />good luck BQ! <i>bon courage!</i>Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-68747510291537085812015-10-16T08:50:41.181+01:002015-10-16T08:50:41.181+01:00I understand what you say MW. Dishing out excess i...I understand what you say MW. Dishing out excess isn't a bad policy in time precious situations. A nurse shouldn't need to have to phone for a bandage. Just in time isn't for everything But it is worth doing. <br />Because otherwise The Slide.<br /><br />chaingangcharlie: poor management in the private is just as common. Possibly even much worse as training is often far less.<br />But..in the private sector some one will address it or the organisation will make enough that it doesn't matter..or it will cease to be there.Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-32219071876032535772015-10-16T08:01:25.243+01:002015-10-16T08:01:25.243+01:00predictably terrible the way these pampered public...predictably terrible the way these pampered public sector operations are run .... o wait a minute .... chaingangcharliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04803774361542678154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-3054560069516027652015-10-16T07:16:25.394+01:002015-10-16T07:16:25.394+01:00"When a worker drops a marker pen and it roll..."When a worker drops a marker pen and it rolls under a pallet - they go and get another one. Because its simpler than lying on the floor to hunt it out."<br /><br />That depends on how much a pen costs, how long it will take to find and what his hourly pay/output is.<br /><br />If he is worth/generates income of £12 an hour, that's 20p a minute. If it would take him longer five minutes rummaging to find a £1 pen, it's not worth doing.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.com