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I don't buy that. Policies aren't intrinsically bad - guidance is fine and great for new starters to help them understand how stuff works. The implication her
by Tyrannosaurs 14y ago
I don't buy that.
Policies aren't intrinsically bad - guidance is fine and great for new starters to help them understand how stuff works.
The implication here is that if someone is out of line then their manager should take that up one on one. That's fine (and right) but the other side of it is how do they know what "in line" is if it's never codified and communicated?
- yock 14y agoNo, policies aren't inherently bad, but wide-sweeping policy changes for perceived problems or in response to relatively few bad actors are company killers. You might not see it right away, but your people who have options will leave you eventually.
- brador 14y agoThe part that's bad in email 2 is "we've decided". No one likes being a slave to anothers will or reminded of the fact. If I ever send out a bs policy update without discussing informally with staff or managers beforehand I expect everyone here to walk. We spend a lot of money hiring talent. They do whatever the fuck they want so long as they get the job done. If they're not getting the job done, then we talk. We don't punish everone for one guys non performance. Bad policy emails are a sign of weak management.
- ericdykstra 14y agoWait, what are you talking about? WE decided? MY best interests? How do you know what MY best interest is? How can you say what MY best interest is? What are you trying to say?