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A company I worked for did worse than stack system: This company has many buses. And it started to measure every movement of the bus maintenance team (with the
by zac23or 3y ago
A company I worked for did worse than stack system:
This company has many buses. And it started to measure every movement of the bus maintenance team (with the help of a consultancy). How long does it take to remove the engine? 1 hour. And the wheels? After that, they made a calculation and fired "unnecessary employees".
The remaining people couldn't do the job, it wasn't possible. An engine with a bad bolt is much harder to remove, easily doubling time.
In the end, a steering rod broke, killing the driver and others on the bus.
Nobody was arrested, nothing happened.
My experience in several companies... led me to create the theory (or have I read it somewhere?) of Entrepreneurial Theater.
All the methodologies I was forced to work on basically didn't work, someone with power wanted to do that because they did.
Those who do well in this theater are not good employees, they are the ones who perform best in the current play.
- AwaAwa 3y ago> Those who do well in this theater are not good employees, they are the ones who perform best in the current play. This so succinctly captures my experiences in the last few decades, both at various corporate exploiters, and with customer/partners. I spent many years in denial regarding my career/industry being so predicated on fluff. Now I just look at it as a paycheck that enables what really matters. Good times with my family.