How can people be in the same position for years and still not know how to do their jobs? More importantly, how are people who have been here for years and still have no idea what they're doing still employed while we keep losing good employees to layoffs? Can anybody shed some light on this, please?
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@OP+1hTLmxlZ he's gone now, Thanks to your incessant whining and griping. No one is as perfect as you. And thanks to your constant complaining to management, the work has been outsourced. Good luck dealing with the outsourced team about proper English. You're in your 50"s acting like a 5 y.o. You may have brains, but this guy has heart, which is more of valuable trait--that guy had people's back, action speaks louder than words. Unlike you who may be able to unsplit an infinitive and have the appropriate verb tense, but no one likes you, not even your partner, except maybe your cats.
There’s a guy in my dept that can’t write a sentence in English. I think my manager keeps him bc he has health problems and needs insurance. He’s also the same race. I think about my academic record and am embarrassed he’s employed in the sane dept and company. I’m also a unambitous underachiever.
waahhh, waaah, waaaah, momy and daddy do not like me and prefer Richard and Jane to be their favorite even though they aren't as smart and hard working as I am, 57waaaahhhh
@1ihn+1hTLmxlZ agreed. I saw plenty of examples of really lazy unmotivated colleagues left pretty much from year to year. It appeared that management couldn’t be bothered to follow through with performance management. And then I saw many highly motivated and high performing colleagues laid off. Go figure. Can’t understand why any company would do this. Perhaps those high performers were a threat to their managers. Leaves me wondering.
@1vpt+1hTLmxlZ
It’s easy to get laid off. It’s hard to get fired for poor performance. I know people that were worthless for years and were never fired. They eventually were laid off.
Reason why they're still in the same role on what you may think they're not good at is because they've adapted. They're in the same role for years that constantly evolves, expands, presents new challenges, etc., and have been agile with that role that gives them challenges and fulfillment.
You on the other hand is stuck with the same tasks doing the same thing over and over, evry day, week. month, quarter, year, decade, and you think you're all that because you're now a SME and act and think as if you're irreplaceable in what you do, but what you're not seeing is if this job if yours is routine, it can be outsourced and automated. So, yeah, keep being smug on how smart and holier-than-thou you are over your "incompetent" colleagues.
@nag+1hTLmxlZ I don’t know how you arrived at the conclusion that “it’s almost impossible to get fired from TR.” In many jurisdictions layoffs and being RIF’d are classed as a dismissal. Given thousands of employees have either been laid of or RIF’d since 2012 at TR, then this is a contradiction to what you are claiming.
I propose “Midas touch” replace “Gold Standard”. And then hope UX and Product Management turn to gold and we have a peaceful easy feeling.
you mean like you, OP?
It’s almost impossible to get fired from TR.
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