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I'm usually arguing against stereotyping management around here, but I find it a stretch to believe a boss who thinks "Person to Blame" is going to be willing t

• gte910h 14y ago
  If you tell me to blame someone every time there is an issue, and you don't let me find out why, I'm going to blame you. Because it's your fault as the boss of the department till you let us prove specifically otherwise. That's what responsibility is.
• reitzensteinm 14y ago
  I completely agree with that - the boss in the story sounds like a lost cause. My post was more of a speaking in general kind of thing. I was going to go off on a tangent about the importance of good management, but I haven't ever had a boss (self employed then startups), so by missing half the picture I didn't really feel qualified.
• kls 14y ago
  We actually had a tradition at one of the places I worked at, where someone along the way brought in a trophy and the title was changed to something along the lines of best bug write. Anytime a bug broke the system the trophy was passed to the person that broke the system. It was actually light hearted and effective. We would make a big deal of passing the trophy, but no one wanted that trophy. It was not punitive, but more of a joke, kind of a simple reminder that I don't want to be the guy with the trophy on his desk.
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